Somebody's Someone

(Richie McDonald)
 Turn to the six o'clock news, another soldier dies
 Tried to hide it but I couldn't help it, I had to cry
 When my little boy asked me daddy was he your friend
 I said no, I didn't even know him.
 But he was somebody's someone, a neighbor, a husband
 A brother, a father, and a mother's only son
 He was an uncle, a cousin, somebody's best friend
 And I'm sure at times a shoulder to lean on
 He was somebody's someone.
 So I sat there in that chair and helped him understand
 How this brave young man gave his life for our land
 And although he's someone we'll never know
 To you and me he is a hero.
 He was somebody's someone, a neighbor, a husband
 A brother, a father, and a mother's only son
 He was an uncle, a cousin, somebody's best friend
 And I'm sure at times a shoulder to lean on
 He was somebody's someone.
 To the world he was a total stranger
 Who kept us safe and out of danger
 But now he's just a picture on TV
 Somebody's memory.
 He was somebody's someone, a neighbor, a husband
 A brother, a father, and a mother's only son
 He was an uncle, a cousin, somebody's best friend
 And I'm sure at times a shoulder to lean on
 He was somebody's someone.
 He was somebody's someone...