Mothers, Daughters, Wives-Vicki Guillory/Adrian Nation

[ti:Mothers, Daughters, Wives] [ar:Vicki Guillory/Adrian Nation] [al:Only Remembered] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mothers, Daughters, Wives (母亲，女儿，妻子) - Vicki Guillory/Adrian Nation [00:07.61]The first time it was fathers [00:11.26]The last time it was sons [00:14.96]And in between your husbands [00:18.15]Marched away with drums and guns [00:21.58] [00:22.10]And you never thought to question [00:25.82]You just went on with your lives [00:28.86] [00:29.64]'Cause all they taught you who to be [00:33.40]Was mothers daughters wives [00:37.70] [00:46.12]You could only just remember [00:50.02]The tears your mother she'd [00:53.58]As she sat and read the papers [00:57.26]Through the lists and lists of dead [01:00.15] [01:00.84]And the gold frame held a photograph [01:04.97]Your mother kissed each night [01:08.26]And the door frame held a shocked [01:11.11]And silent stranger from the fight [01:16.05] [01:18.06]The first time it was fathers [01:21.61]The last time it was sons [01:24.54] [01:25.18]And in between your husbands [01:28.33]Marched away with drums and guns [01:31.69] [01:32.29]And you never thought to question [01:35.96]You just went on with your lives [01:39.03] [01:39.92]'Cause all they taught you who to be [01:43.67]Was mothers daughters wives [01:48.07] [01:56.27]It was twenty one years later [02:00.11]You had children of your own [02:03.21] [02:03.93]The trumpets sounded once again [02:07.65]And the soldier boys were gone [02:10.46] [02:11.17]So you drove their trucks and you made their guns [02:15.00]And you tended to their wounds [02:18.08] [02:18.68]At night you kissed their photograph [02:22.38]And hope to safe returns [02:26.39] [02:35.21]And after it was all over [02:38.33] [02:38.97]You had to learn again [02:41.88] [02:42.66]To be just wives and mothers [02:46.18]Then you'd done the work of men [02:49.79]So you worked to help the needy [02:53.55]And you never trod on toes [02:57.37]And the photo on the piano [03:00.84]Struck a happy family pose [03:05.15] [03:07.01]The first time it was fathers [03:10.35]The last time it was sons [03:13.44] [03:14.14]And in between your husbands [03:17.27]Marched away with drums and guns [03:20.59] [03:21.16]And you never thought to question [03:24.91]You just went on with your lives [03:27.93] [03:28.54]'Cause all they taught you who to be [03:32.49]Was mothers daughters wives [03:37.15] [03:45.20]Then your daughters grew to women [03:48.83]And your little boys to men [03:51.93] [03:52.69]And you pary that you were dreaming [03:56.35]When the call up came up again [03:59.30] [04:00.01]But you proudly smiled and you held your tears [04:03.86]As they bravely waved goodbye [04:06.57] [04:07.62]And the photo on the mantel piece [04:11.42]They always made you cry [04:17.04] [04:24.43]Now you're getting older [04:27.73]And in time the photos fade [04:31.14] [04:31.75]In widowhood you sit there [04:35.26]And you reflect on the parade [04:38.95]The passing of your memories [04:42.43]How your daughters change their lives [04:45.60] [04:46.13]Seeing more to their existences [04:50.10]Than mothers daughters wives [04:54.90] [04:55.88]The first time it was fathers [04:59.29]The last time it was sons [05:02.33] [05:03.03]And in between your husbands [05:06.17]Marched away with drums and guns [05:09.57] [05:10.17]And you never thought to question [05:13.91]You just went on with your lives [05:16.75] [05:17.49]'Cause all they taught you who to be [05:21.29]Was mothers daughters wives [05:26.02] [05:26.73]And you believed that when they said to [05:29.92]Was mothers daughters wives