After the War

By the Zider Zee at the edge of the ocean
Covered with grief and stretched with emotion
He took my hand
And asked to marry me

I became his wife on the death of another
Looked after his home
To his children a mother became
You see
That's the way it had to be

So I lay my babe in a manger
It's all been done before
In the hunger and cold
All through the war
So I lay my babe in a manger
It's all been done before
In the hunger and cold
All through the war

By the Zider Zee at the edge of the ocean
We sailed on a ship with care and devotion
Anew
From the old world to the new
And we said goodbye to ghosts of the past
And we said goodbye to links built to last
Turned our backs on the greyness
Our future holding fast

So I lay my babe in a manger
It's all been done before
After through the war
So I lay my babe in a manger
It's all been done before
After through the war

So it's' come to this in the flicker of candlelight
Here in the deep and the dark of this holy night
Dressed in her wedding gown of satin white
And we gather witnessing mystery
Ponder how we have come to be
Here in this moment
Pain has bought us home

So I lay my child in a casket
It's all been done before
In the hunger and cold
All through the war
So I lay my child in a casket
It's all been done before
In the hunger and cold
Through the good times
In peace and in awe
Holding us close
Holding us close
After, the war