I Am Here

[Beulah]

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

I let the pants out for one of the pilots who's been enjoying our cooking

Make a balloon animal for a crying toddler

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

[Hannah]

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 checking 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, mom

I should be there for my son

But instead I am

Here

I am here

[Beulah]

She leaves message after message for her son

Until there's no more room on his answering machine

[Hannah]

All I know

Is you are there

You are there

And I am here