snafu
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2005
THE BITCH said:In the station, in the City, A British
Soldier stood
Talking to the people there, If the people
would
Some just stared in hatred, And others
turned in pain
And the lonely British Soldier wished he was
back home again
Come join the British Army, Said the posters
in his town
See the World and have your fun, Come serve
before the Crown
The jobs were hard to come by, And he could
not face the dole
So he took his Countries Shilling, And
enlisted on the roll
But, there was no fear of fighting, The
Empire was long was lost
Just ten years in the Army, Getting paid for
being bossed
Then leave a man experienced, A man whose
made the grade
A medal and a pension, Some men present a
trade
Then came the call to Ireland, As the call
had come before
Another bloody chapter, In an endless civil
war
The Priests they stood on both sides, The
Priests they stood behind
Another fight in Jesus name, The blind
against the blind
The Soldier stood between them, Between the
whistling stones
And then the broken bottles, That lead to
broken bones
The petrol bombs that burned his hands, The
nails that pierced his skin
And wished that he