I Am Here

[BEULAH, spoken]
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 -

(spoken)
Fine. I'll hold again

(sung)
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, spoken]
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