There's teddy bears and high school rings
And old photographs that mamas bring
Daddies with their young boys playing ball
When he was in over there
In his fifty thousand names
This cigarette cans a beer
And notes that say I miss you dear
Children who don't say anything at all
Fatherless daughters and fatherless sons
And fifty thousand names carved in the wall
They come from all across this land
And pick up trucks and minivan
Searching for a boy from long ago
They skim the wall and find his name
Teardrops fall like pouring rain
Then silently they leave a gift and go
The stars of david
And crucifixion figurines
Flowers of all colors large and small
Little american flags waving in the wind
And there's fifty thousand names carved in the wall
Fifty thousand names carved in the wall