Circle On The Cross

Circle on the Cross By: Keni Thomas (with Kenny Rogers) Daddy got the call sometime in the summer of ‘69 Did his tour in the war But the home he was fighting for Wasn’t what he left behind I was there that day when the telegram came And mamma fell to her knees He was a mighty good man but he fell into the hands Of the North Vietnamese For every man that gave his life Another folded stars and stripes Husbands, fathers, brothers, sons will never be forgotten When you find what once was lost Put a circle on the cross For two years mamma held on said I’m trying to do the best I can But the Army wasn’t paying And she had a boy to raise So she found herself another man I was there that day when the taps was played And they buried his name in the ground The preacher was still talking as mamma started walking And she ain’t never turned around Put a circle on the cross…On the cold black wall Put a circle on the cross…60,000 gone I never knew my daddy But we’re the same man after all Cause it wasn’t my reflection I saw staring back at me from that wall