MIA (Missing in Action in Southeast Asia)
1973 · Jaycees JC-100 · Walled Lake, Michigan
- Artist
- Me and Bob
- Title
- MIA (Missing in Action in Southeast Asia)
- Release
- MIA (Missing in Action in Southeast Asia) / Nature's Dream
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Jaycees # JC-100
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Walled Lake, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Sandy Osborn
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
MIA (Missing in Action in Southeast Asia) Folk rock, P.O.W. / M.I.A. song. 1973. Michigan, USA. War is over, but the narrator is a prisoner. Please pray for me. Just a young man who went to war - girl still waiting for him. Wear a silver bracelet for the 1300 men unaccounted for. "A battle much too long has ended so they say The prisoner's have returned, you waited for that day But what of my folks they still live in misery For I'm missing in action, pray for me I could be prisoner, will family ever know I may have lost my life but there's no truth it's so For there's no black or white, oh what my faith may be For I'm missing in action, pray for me Thirteen hundred men are unaccounted for The folks back home need help so don't shut the door Say you care, please send a prayer... I'm just a young man who went off to war you see I left my girl back home and she still waits for me She keeps a candle burning with her love for me... You wore a band of silver once in unity You have to wear it till you hear my destiny Let others know that you have heard no word from me"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer