Big Boys Never Cry

Do you remember when we both were kids
You happy just to play with dolls
Me with my cricket kit
The summer used to come and like Daddy always did
And Mama used to say it was all right

Then one day a man came to the door
Looked a lot like the reaper in his pristine uniform
I'm sorry madam but Her Majesty informs
Your husband's never coming home

Ah ha ah ha big boys never cry
Ah ha ah ha for the heroes in the sky
Ah ha ah ha big boys never cry

Do you remember when the pension came
Sent you away to school to make you lady Jane
And I would follow soon into a shade of grey
And mama she still said it was all right

Almighty father can you please explain to me
Why you needed him more than a boy of three
Was there a reason that only mothers see
If so she keeps the secret like a vow

Now we're so much older we live in different lands
What happens to you when you are a kid
Is still there when you become a man
We never talked about it much but still we understand
Mama she still said it is all right

Ah ha ah ha big boys never cry
Ah ha ah ha for the heroes in the sky
Ah ha ah ha no big boys never cry