Let the party begin! 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 that 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 piano And as he grows He hears the band And takes a step for the 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 piano 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 piano