? ? ? ? ? Oh, she knows, she takes his hand ? ? And prays the child will understand ? ? At the door they watch the men go by ? ? In the clothes daddy wore, mother's bride ? ? Baby boy, his father's eyes ? ? He's a soldier waiting for a war ? ? Time will come and hold a gun ? ? His father's son ? ? ? And as he roars, he hears the band ? ? Takes the step from boy to man at the shore ? ? She waves his son goodbye ? ? Like the man she did before ? ? Mother's bride, just a boy ? ? His country's eyes ? ? He's a soldier waiting at the shore ? ? And in her heart ? ? The time has come ? ? To lose his son ? ? ? And all the husbands, all the sons ? ? All the lovers gone ? ? They make no difference ? ? No difference in the end ? ? Still hear the women say ? ? Your daddy died a hero ? ? In the name of God and man ? ? Mother's bride, crazy boy ? ? His lifeless eyes ? ? He's a soldier now forevermore ? ? And hold a gun ? ? Till the kingdom come ?