Mentioned in Dispatches
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals to his sad parents
Just sent a letter telling them their son had died
Killed by a bullet, now every night his mother cries
He was only eighteen when he joined the army
It wasn't patriotic pride
It was the only job that he could find
Four months later, he's in the Falkland Islands
A boy with a gun and a hand grenade
He's cold, homesick and frightened
The army sent condolences
The army sent a wreath
They said they all felt proud of him
They sent his ashes back in a tin
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals, no mentions in dispatches
He's soon forgotten like so many others
He won no medals, no mentions in dispatches
The government sent a letter saying they were proud
The government sent a letter thanking his sad parents
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals to his sad parents
They sent no medals to his sad parents
Just sent a letter telling them their son had died
Killed by a bullet, now every night his mother cries
He was only eighteen when he joined the army
It wasn't patriotic pride
It was the only job that he could find
Four months later, he's in the Falkland Islands
A boy with a gun and a hand grenade
He's cold, homesick and frightened
The army sent condolences
The army sent a wreath
They said they all felt proud of him
They sent his ashes back in a tin
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals, no mentions in dispatches
He's soon forgotten like so many others
He won no medals, no mentions in dispatches
The government sent a letter saying they were proud
The government sent a letter thanking his sad parents
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals to his sad parents
Credits
Writer(s): Daniel Treacy
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out - Radio Sessions 1980-1993
- Silly Girl (John Peel Session 20.08.80) / Salvador Dali's Garden Party (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
- Another Kind of Trip (Live 1985-1993)
- Some Kind Of Happiness?: Singles 1994-1999
- Some Kind of Happiness?: Singles 1994-1999
- Some Kind of Trip: Singles 1990-1994
- Some Kind of Happening: Singles 1978-1989
- Beautiful Despair
- A Memory Is Better Than Nothing
- You're My Yoko
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