All The Fine Young Men - Mary Black

[00:12.78]They told all the fine young men,
[00:18.16]\"Ah, when this war is over,
[00:24.39]There will be peace,
[00:31.26]And the peace will last forever.\"
[00:36.64]In Flanders Fields,
[00:43.62]At Lone Pine and Bersheeba,
[00:48.38]For king and country,
[00:51.56]Honour and for duty,
[00:56.38]The young men fought and cursed and wept and died.
[01:05.56]They told all the fine young men,
[01:12.39]\"Ah, when this war is over,
[01:17.58]In your country's grateful heart
[01:24.33]We will cherish you forever.\"
[01:29.70]Tobruk and Alamein,
[01:36.83]Bhuna and Kokoda,
[01:41.77]In a world mad with war,
[01:44.64]Like their fathers before,
[01:47.14]The young men fought and cursed and wept and died.
[01:53.62]
[02:05.16]For many of those fine young men
[02:12.04]All the wars are over,
[02:16.48]They've found their peace,
[02:23.13]It's the peace that lasts forever.
[02:28.12]When the call comes again,
[02:35.37]They will not answer,
[02:40.20]They're just forgotten bones,
[02:42.88]Lying far from their homes,
[02:47.76]Forgotten as the cause for which they died.
[02:51.30]
[03:45.56]Ah, Bluey, can you see now why they lied?