Mothers Pride av George Michael

George Michael må ha problem med droger och i hur han lever ut sin sexualitet, men skriva bra låttexter kan han.

Följande text är med på plattan "Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1", som jag talat om tidigare.

Låten är vansinningt vacker och har en text som får mig att tänka på den vettlösa slakt som Europa fick uppleva på flea avsnitt av västfronten under det första världskriget.

Krig är verkligen ingen särskilt ärofylld verksamhet.

"Mothers Pride"

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
Mothers pride
Baby boy
His father's eyes
He's a soldier waiting for war
Time will come
He'll hold a gun
His father's son

And as he grows
He hears the band
Takes the step from boy to man
And at the shore she waves her son goodbye
Like the man she did before

Mothers pride
Just a boy
His country's eyes
He's a soldier waving at the shore
And in her heart the time has come
To lose a son

And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone
They make no difference
No difference in the end
Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero
In the name of god and man

Mothers pride
Crazy boy
His lifeless eyes
He's a soldier now forevermore
He'll hold a gun till kingdom come