Sorry for drifting into the pop genre - and worse, into the "bubble gum" pop genre.

How and ever, one of my favourite anti-war songs was performed by George Michael.

It's the song "Mother's Pride" from his 1990 album "Listen Without Prejudice". According to the sleeve notes, GM wrote this as well. The lyrics are set out below, but you really have to hear the song (the lad really can sing) to fully appreciate it.


"Mother's Pride"

Oh she knows
She takes his hand
And prays the child will understand
At the door they watch the men go by
In the clothes that daddy wore
Mothers pride
Baby Boy
His father's eyes
He's a soldier waiting for war
Time will come
He'll hold a gun
His father's son

And as he grows
He hears the band
Takes the step from boy to man
And at the shore she waves her son goodbye
Like the man she did before

Mothers pride
Just a boy
His country's eyes
He's a soldier waving at the shore
And in her heart
the time has come
To lose a son

And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone
They make no difference
No difference in the end
Still hear the women say your daddy died a hero
In the name of God and man

Mothers pride
Crazy boy
His lifeless eyes
He's a soldier now forevermore
He'll hold a gun
till kingdom come