Mama, Mama, it seems like years
Saratoga is a dreadful place
(chorus)
Mama, Mama, I take no joy
In his eyes I see our fates are sealed
(bridge)
Mama, Mama I miss your touch
I know I promised you I�d see no harm Copyright 2003 David Elon Preston
Since you said goodbye through a veil of tears
Your only boy is a soldier now
On a continent a world away
In the clouds I swear I see the devil�s face
I�ve seen more dying in the last three hours
Than I have in all my seventeen years
Oh, Mama, Mama, Mama
Oh, Mama, Mama, Mama
Oh, Mama, Mama, Mama
I'm tired and I wanna come home
In trying to kill some other mother�s boy
I never thought I�d meet him face to face
At this place they call the Freeman Farm
On this farm we�ve turned into a battle field
For a moment time is standing still
And both of us just wanna go home (chorus)
If only leaders had the gift to see
Beyond creating their own legacies
More would live and less would die
And, Mama, I could come back home
I never thought a musket ball could hurt this much
The air is damp and this ground is cold
And the other boy is starting to cry
But I�m just another casualty at Freeman�s farm
I think I�m dying, Mama don�t be mad
Oh, Mama I just wanna come home
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