Song of an Infantry Officer
And now we're convalescing
Among the stunned and the shattered
I always thought you were above the fray
Standing tall as we all scattered
At a desk in his dressing gown
His sacrifice to tell
They took away his Webley
He gave them poems of Hell
I must get back to the war
This ancient war I can't abide
Let me back in the war
Before I die
He throws his medals in the sea
Or so the legend goes
It doesn't matter what you believe
It doesn't matter that no one knows
Then you're crumpled up in triumph
I hear our Wilfred has died
All the casualties are witnesses
All the witnesses have lied
I must get back to the war
This ancient war I can't abide
Let me back in the war
Before I die
I must get back to the war
This ancient war I can't abide
Let me back in the war
Before I die
Among the stunned and the shattered
I always thought you were above the fray
Standing tall as we all scattered
At a desk in his dressing gown
His sacrifice to tell
They took away his Webley
He gave them poems of Hell
I must get back to the war
This ancient war I can't abide
Let me back in the war
Before I die
He throws his medals in the sea
Or so the legend goes
It doesn't matter what you believe
It doesn't matter that no one knows
Then you're crumpled up in triumph
I hear our Wilfred has died
All the casualties are witnesses
All the witnesses have lied
I must get back to the war
This ancient war I can't abide
Let me back in the war
Before I die
I must get back to the war
This ancient war I can't abide
Let me back in the war
Before I die
Credits
Writer(s): Jed Joyce
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