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Your country needs and uses you...
lyrics
When you’re holding a gun, you’re country needs you,
Now I’m out of a job and the rent money’s due.
Rows of us all polished and drilled, pride in ourselves our families and friends.
A hidden wink, a flirtatious dance, I’m leaving you now and taking my chance.
When you’re holding a gun, you’re country needs you,
Now I’m out of a job and the rent money’s due.
A passionate kiss from the one left behind, an image of you remains in my mind.
Follow the footsteps where men fear to tread, a rising feeling of panic and dread.
When you’re holding a gun, you’re country needs you,
Now I’m out of a job and the rent money’s due.
Not fighting for glory, I’m fighting for life, wish I was somewhere else instead.
Mortar’s and shells explode round my head, under my feet comrades wounded and dead.
When you’re holding a gun, you’re country needs you,
Now I’m out of a job and the rent money’s due.
Universal soldier throughout time, a hero of film, fiction and page.
Forgotten, used, a useless shell, trapped inside my personal hell.
credits
released February 22, 2020
Rob Hackett, Bass Guitar, Vocals.
Mick Tyers, Guitar, Vocals.
Andy Hackett, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals.
Dave Knight, Drums.
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