I Am Here

Anyway, I get lunch set up, labelin' anything that'll go bad with the date and time

I let the pants out for one of the pilots who's been enjoyin' our cookin'

Make a balloon animal for a cryin' toddler

And then, I check on Hannah, leavin' messages for anyone she can reach

I am here, I am here on an island

Hello? Hello? It's me again

Yeah, my son, he's with Rescue 2, any news?

I am his mother, I'm far away, stuck here

I'm trying to find out if-fine, I'll hold again

I should be down there and check in the hospitals

Putting up signs, doing something, instead

I am here, I am here in Canada

I am telling you, listen, my son, he takes risks

He's not missing, he's helping or hurt, he'll get out of this

Yes, I keep trying and yes, here's the number

And yes, at the Legion in Gander, I'll be right here

I should be there when it's over and done

When he comes through the door and says, "I'm home, mum"

I should be there for my son, but instead

I am here, I am here

She leaves message after message for her son

Until there's no more room on his answerin' machine

All I know is you are there

You are there, and I am here