He was missing in action on a strange land.
There is some mother's son
And some wife's lover and best friend.
He was just a boy when they put a gun
In his hand.
He lay wounded and dying alone
Trying his best to be a man.
Too few will remember him
And the things for which he would stand.
Somewhere on a strange land is a mother's son,
And some wife's lover and best friend.
After so many years, some mother still sheds tears.
Some wife still wears his wedding band.
Some little girl cries for her daddy.
Some little boy misses him badly.
He was the sacrifice for freedom to stand.
Missing in action is some mother's son,
And some wife's lover and best friend.
His children look for him around the house.
His wife reaches for him at night and he's not there.
His mother still sheds a tear, because he's not here.
He'll never come home again.
Missing in action is some mother's son,
And some wife's lover and best friend.
Lying alone in a strange land.
Is a young man?
Missing in action.