She sits all alone
In an old garden chair
Watching the sun going down

Four sons in the service
Somewhere far away
But she don't show a tear or a frown

Deep down inside
She's hiding her fear
As she offers a soft prayer above

That they'll all return
And bring life again
To the home that once brimmed with love

She thinks of the times
When the house used to chime
With laughter, recalling the past

And she hopes for the day
When they're all home to stay
But she knows in her heart it can't last

She's a mother, a lady
A friend and a wife
That silently suffers each day

She's a mother, a lady
And she gave them life
That nobody dare take away

The clock races back
But it don't seem so far
When Billy was still in his pram

And Robert and Gary
Played truant from school
And Greg nearly drowned in the dam

Then she stops dreaming
And thinks of today
And perhaps what the future will hold

Her sons are just numbers
To everyone else
But to her they're a part of her soul

She thinks of the times
When the house used to chime
With laughter, recalling the past

And she hopes for the day
When they're all home to stay
But she knows in her heart it can't last

She's a mother, a lady
A friend and a wife
Who silently suffers each day

She's a mother, a lady
And she gave them life
That nobody dare take away

She's a mother, a lady
A friend and a wife
Who silently suffers each day

She's a mother, a lady
And she gave them life
That nobody dare take away