FIVE YEARS ON


they've no wish to be dying.

With apologies to Elton John and Bernie Taupin...


Who'll walk me down to church when I'm sixty years of age
When the soldier son they gave me has been ten years in the grave
And Mr. President play guitar, play it just for you
My rosary has broken and my beads have all slipped through

You've hung up your great coat, and you've laid down their guns
You know the war you gave us wasn't too much fun
And the future that you've given me holds nothing for my son
I've no wish to be living five years on

Yes, I'll sit with you and talk, let your eyes relive again
I know my silent prayers would be very much the same
And Donald Rumsfeld plays the organ, plays it just for you
Your choral lamp that burns so low when you are passing through

And the future that you've given me holds nothing for my son
I've no wish to be living five years on.

Posted: Wed - March 19, 2008 at 08:53 AM          

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