46 Brigade - Soldier lyrics

rate me

He was a soldier, not much older

Than me, when I was 17

They shipped him off to war

To protect us all from tyranny

He wrote a letter, told his mum

His hidden fear, he said "what am I doing here? Mumma I don't wanna kill, I pray to God I never will, I love you dear..."

And he was fighting for his country, so full of pride but so alone

And he was thinking of his family and the life that he had known

In that instant, life was over

He never came home

They gave him honours, praised the way that he had died

His mum just cried and cried

Her tears of sorrow on the flag

Her tomorrow's never coming back

And he was fighting for his country

Now she is proud but so alone

A broken heart, a vivid memory

A simple cross upon a stone

On that day her life was over

He never came home

Now I'm not saying we're right, they're wrong

I just kinda wish that we all could get along

Count the money, count the cost

Count the precious lives we've lost

If there was no religion

Would there be peace on Earth?

No preaching hatred to the children

What's this all worth?

Soldier we will not forget you

A fallen hero, where you lay

And though we never met you

Thanks for the sacrifice you made

Cos you were fighting for our country

And the life that we all know

God! Why can't this be over

Why can't they all come home?

Yeah they shipped him off to war

And he never came home