Mother's POW Prayer
1989 · Wild Wood WWM-44-8874 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Alice & Albert
- Title
- Mother's POW Prayer
- Release
- Mother's POW Prayer
- Year
- 1989
- Label
- Wild Wood # WWM-44-8874
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- W. L. Osnoe, A. K. Williams, A. Stone
- Genre
- Pop · Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Mother's POW Prayer (Alice & Albert) 1980s pop. Patriotic. M.I.A. / prisoner of war theme. Plea to US government to rescue the P.O.W.s of Vietnam. "This is a mother's P.O.W. prayer, going up to heaven for our boys out there Lord please keep them safe from harm and bring them home from Vietnam This is a mother's P.O.W. prayer, dear lord I pray don't forget my son Its been a long time since the day they gave him a gun, he fought for god and country When they sent him overseas to protect our way of life and to preserver our liberty By now you wonder did his wife find another man He had to leave his little boy when he left for Vietnam I wish he had his picture cause his children are all grown And daddy's little girl has a little girl of her own He's out there in the jungle, my prayer will bring him home He's not the only one feeling lost and all alone All his brothers in the jungle living in this fear Hope you're listening lord, can't you bring them all back here This is a mother's P.O.W. prayer, going up to heaven for our boys out there Lord please keep them safe from harm and bring them home from Vietnam Some think the war has ended, soldier's work is never done They're still fighting a battle in a war that no one won If they had to do it all over they gladly go again Fight to save our freedom till the very end So won't you try to help them, lord they spend their time in hell You know they still love you though sometimes it's hard to tell I know you are busy lord, there ain't much more to say But please lord remember our boys on judgement day... P.S. lord, keep America free, amen"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Wild Wood Records WWM-44-8874 (U-24824), Side A, white label, © 1988; "Mother's POW Prayer" (W.L. Osnoe-A. K. Williams-A. Stone), 3:54; produced by Wayne L. Osnoe, engineered by Richard Chisum; "Distributed by Wild Wood Musik 17 Pleasant St. Topsham, Maine 04086/ Mastered May 8th 1989 Nashville TN". [From the record sleeve and labels]