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Put a gold star in the window song?

I am trying to remember a song about a woman who found out all her soldier children were killed in a war.

There is a line something like "Now turn the silver star to gold" or "Hang a gold star in the window". I think the song came out in the late 90's maybe a little later..

What is the song and band?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Hi, Hope this is what you are looking for:

    Caroline's Spine - The fighting sullivans Lyrics

    It's not hard to reach back

    To that day, underneath the Iowa sun

    Running to the tower of Waterloo

    looking for the Sullivan's train to come

    And his five boys would run to the top

    And salute him as he went by

    First we wave hello, then we waved goodbye

    Goodbye

    It's not hard to reach back

    to the days after the attack on Pearl

    And overnight my buddies turned into men

    Running out of time for games and girls

    And the Sullivan boys were not overlooked

    Uncle Sam calling each by name

    The very next day they left on a mystery train

    So say goodbye, bye, bye Mrs. Sullivan

    And don't you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry...

    We regret to inform you that the Navy

    is taking your sons away

    All five, five, five, five

    So put your blue star in the window

    In the window

    It's not hard to reach back to her smile

    when she received a letter

    and the letters they sounded generally the same

    said if they couldn't be home

    at least they were together

    on a mighty fighting battleship

    somewhere in the South Pacific

    the letters never got much more specific

    So say goodbye, bye, bye Mrs. Sullivan

    And don't you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry...

    We regret to inform you that the Navy

    is keeping your sons away

    All five, five, five, five

    So put your blue star in the window

    In the window

    It's not hard to reach back to the day

    when the war finally came home

    Uncle Sam'll send you a telegram

    so he doesn't have to tell you over the phone

    I heard she cracked up

    when they found out what the war had cost

    When all of her five of her boys were lost

    They were, they were, they were

    Say goodbye, bye, bye Mrs. Sullivan

    Go ahead and cry, cry, cry, cry, cry

    We regret to inform you that all of your sons have passed away

    All five, five, five, five

    So change your blue star to gold

    Blue star to gold

    Blue star to gold

    Blue stars change them to gold

    Source(s): googled
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