She lays awake in a silent room

Holding his picture washed sliver by the moon

Oceans away he feels her sigh

So alone in the world tonight

Freedom needs a soldier

That nameless faceless one

A young girl's lover a baby's father

Some mother's son

Too young to know his daddy's gone

He hears him say "His mother must be strong"

So he pretends like children do

He likes to stand in his daddy's shoes

Freedom needs a soldier

A nameless faceless one

A young girl's lover a baby's father

Some mother's son

Freedom needs a soldier

Until the battle's won

A young girl's lover a baby's father

Some mother's son

She closes her eyes and sees him at three

In her mind that's the age he'll always be

And only God understands her love

Now she prays to the angels up above

Freedom needs a soldier

That nameless faceless one

A young girl's lover a baby's father

Some mother's son

Freedom needs a soldier

Until the battle's won

A young girl's lover a baby's father

Some mother's son