I Won't Give You My Son
I won’t give you my son
To fight in your war
Because if he leaves me
He’ll be here no more
He can’t go over seas
Where danger is near
Can’t see the children
Who know only fear
He is such a young man
Still naïve and so pure
Why ruin that
With the horrors of war?
And I want him to laugh
Without having to see
The pain that comes in
A fight to be free
So I won’t give him up
Though it isn’t my choice
Because your fighting soldier
Is my baby boy
I won’t give you my son
To fight in your war
Because if he leaves me
He’ll be here no more
He can’t go over seas
Where danger is near
Can’t see the children
Who know only fear
He is such a young man
Still naïve and so pure
Why ruin that
With the horrors of war?
And I want him to laugh
Without having to see
The pain that comes in
A fight to be free
So I won’t give him up
Though it isn’t my choice
Because your fighting soldier
Is my baby boy