Dan_Shues
05-25-2008, 04:49 PM
Written by Jimmy Fortune and sung normally by the Statler Brothers (in the youtube link, just sung by Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers)...this song was written by singer Jimmy Fortune as he watched a TV special...
And the song is about what he saw...
If you ever have a chance to go to Washington D.C...you should go. If for no other reason than to see this one simple Wall. Go there with a pencil and trace a name, even if you do know who it is...as to put yourself in their shoes. Touch it...because, it WILL touch you...
More Than a Name on the Wall (http://youtube.com/watch?v=lpaDDIJA7lw)
"I saw her from a distance, as she walked up to the wall
In her hand she held some flowers, as her tears began to fall
She took out pen and paper as to trace her memories
She looked up to heaven, and the words she said were these.
She said, ''Lord my boy was special, and he meant so much to me
And Oh, I'd love to see him just one more time you see
All I have are the memories and the moments to recall
So Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall.''
She said, ''He really missed the family, being home on Christmas day
And he died for God and country in a place so far away
I remember just a little boy, playing war since he was three
And Lord this time I know, he's not coming home to me.''
She said, ''Lord my boy was special, and he meant so much to me
And Oh, I'd love to see him but I know it just can't be
So I thank you for my memories and the moments to recall
But Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall.''
''Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall..."
And the song is about what he saw...
If you ever have a chance to go to Washington D.C...you should go. If for no other reason than to see this one simple Wall. Go there with a pencil and trace a name, even if you do know who it is...as to put yourself in their shoes. Touch it...because, it WILL touch you...
More Than a Name on the Wall (http://youtube.com/watch?v=lpaDDIJA7lw)
"I saw her from a distance, as she walked up to the wall
In her hand she held some flowers, as her tears began to fall
She took out pen and paper as to trace her memories
She looked up to heaven, and the words she said were these.
She said, ''Lord my boy was special, and he meant so much to me
And Oh, I'd love to see him just one more time you see
All I have are the memories and the moments to recall
So Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall.''
She said, ''He really missed the family, being home on Christmas day
And he died for God and country in a place so far away
I remember just a little boy, playing war since he was three
And Lord this time I know, he's not coming home to me.''
She said, ''Lord my boy was special, and he meant so much to me
And Oh, I'd love to see him but I know it just can't be
So I thank you for my memories and the moments to recall
But Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall.''
''Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall..."