Story Behind The Song
A friend of mine is a Vietnam vet and he told me about waiting for orders in a warehouse on the west coast. In that warehouse the stocked gear and in the back there were matresses. At various times the matresse stacks would be very high and other tim
Song Description
Soldiers waiting for deployment began writing on the wall of a warehouse were supplies were stocked. Over time the wall was filled with humor, ideas, dreams, hellos and goodbyes. Eventually the wall was covered with writings from soldiers so you could
| Song Length |
5:13 |
Genre |
Country - General, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Passive, Moving |
Subject |
Son, Boys, Men |
| Similar Artists |
Clint Black, Tim Mcgraw |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Verse 1:
She got the call one ealry morn
She hoped would never come
He must report for duty mam
our country needs your son
His momma cried for hours while he packed up all his gear
and as his daddy dropped him off that day
he tried to hide his tears
Verse 2:
While he sat there waiting for orders in a warehouse by the sea
he remembered all his youthful hopes and thought of all his dreams
he noticed near the back inside there was writing on the wall
where others had been waiting by beds stacked short and tall
CHORUS:
on that wall lived a thousand lives that never came to be
dreams that could have changed the world for folks like you and me
Pictures drawn and wishes made that never would come true
we missed them then and we still do now their pride is coming through
the wall, oh, the wall
Verse3:
there were notes there to families future brides they'd never meet
some to mom and dads and friends that grew up on their street
fathers left some words of wisdom for kids they'd never see
husbands told their wives they loved them
and "you'll be just fine without me."
CHORUS:
on that wall lived a thousand lives that never came to be
dreams that could have changed the world for folks like you and me
Pictures drawn and wishes made that never would come true
we missed them then and we still do now their pride is coming through
the wall, oh, the wall
Verse 3:
many men passed by that wall and shared their hopes and fears
It got so you can't read them all after many men and years
our lives are fast and there's little time to stop and look back now
we need to thank those men who died and those who made it back somehow
they got the call one early morn they hoped would never come
our country needs your son.