The Path He Chose

Song is based on the poem 'Young Sons' by the poet Bill Mitton. It is written from a Mother and her son point of view, we all know that Mothers also lose daughters to war and when I sing this song I make a point of remembering that fact to the audience. Music written by Marina Florance Arrangement by Marina Florance. Song recorded in my living room using a Tascam DR05. The Path He Chose Mitton/Florance She takes down a photograph and she holds it to her breast just as she'd done the child it shows she remembers his hair and how it felt and she curses the path he chose with a boyish smile and happiness he picked the shilling and the gun and she looks back with fear and dread when he told her what he'd done Chorus like his father before him and his grandfather to he'll march to war to save me and you and have we learned nothing, nothing at all when will we stop sending young men to war yet she smiled and she waved him goodbye as only a mother can and if god was good if god was great she'd see him return home again but fickle fate it knows no god makes judgements where it will and IEDs don't discriminate 'bout who they maim or kill Chorus young sons often come home its true, fulfilling their mothers fears not with a boyish smile or happiness but draped in flags and a mothers tear Chorus, repeat 1st verse