Lyric Context Universe
mother
mother's son
think i'll make a great big kiss
mother
mother's son
think i'll make a great big kiss
you say no sacrifice too great
but every soldier is a mother's son
i know he can't take the killing
you say no sacrifice too great
but every soldier is a mother's son
i know he can't take the killing
start
some mother's son lies in a field
someone has killed some mother's son today
start
some mother's son lies in a field
someone has killed some mother's son today
from the cradle warm
a web is spun for every mother's son
life goes on like a spinning wheel
from the cradle warm
a web is spun for every mother's son
life goes on like a spinning wheel
from the cradle warm
a web is spun for every mother's son
life goes on like a spinning wheel
from the cradle warm
a web is spun for every mother's son
life goes on like a spinning wheel
he's wrong
every mother's son
better hear what i'm saying
he's wrong
every mother's son
better hear what i'm saying
just simply be
my mother's son-in-law. needn't even think of tryin'
to be a mighty social lion
just simply be
my mother's son-in-law. needn't even think of tryin'
to be a mighty social lion
through all the years that were to come
i loved being my mother's son
yeah
through all the years that were to come
i loved being my mother's son
yeah