Yellow Ribbons

Hey, why do you have that

yellow ribbon tied around your tree?

That's what a neighbor's child

asked of me........

We don't have anybody missing now

Oh, yes, we do, and I told him how

I came to wear my silver bracelet,

why I fly my flag, and why I tied the bow ~

and then he got antsy, and he turned to go.

Thanks, said he, I hope your guy gets home

And I thought to myself it's been 30 plus years

and we're still fighting, and moms still weep tears

some of their sons will never come home

some of their daughters will be forever lost

some who come home will be changed forever

and War? Well, War, exacts such a cost.

My bracelet is the second one I've worn

My first prisoner? He made it home.

My son's friend John was killed in Iraq

so he is another who won't come back.

This one I wear now is for a man still missing

There's always someone missing, someone gone

and that's why my yellow ribbons still flutter on.