Irene Sankoff and David Hein - I Am Here lyrics

[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] (sung) 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 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. [Beulah] (spoken) She leaves message after message for her son, until there's no more room on his answering machine. [Hannah] (sung) All I know is you are there you are there and I am here.