Anyway, I get lunch set up, labelin' anything that'll go bad
With the date and time
I let the pans out for one of the pilots
Who's been enjoyin' our cooking
Make a balloon animal for a cryin' toddler
And then I check on Hannah
Leaving 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 Two
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

She leaves message after message for her son
Until there's no more room on his answering machine

All I know
Is you are there
You are there
And I am here