TO BE A SOLDIER

Let me sing you of my son
So bright and brave is he
Just 16 and he's left school
Now he's gone away from me
He's gone away from me

He's off to be a soldier boy
To fight for his homeland
He's learning how to use a gun
He says he is a man
He says he is a man

My son just heard about Iraq
The sand and sun shine bright
The leaving it has come and gone
His face was shining bright
His face was shining bright

Let me sing you of my son
A man he'll never be
Got taken to another man's war
Is he ever coming back to me?
Is he ever coming back to me?

He landed in Bhazra town
The heat was so intense
I wondered why he'd been sent there
But to him it all made sense
To him it all made sense

He and the lads got up to go
To ride out on patrol
The car that pulled up alongside
Blew out their very souls
Blew out their very souls

My son, little one, oh my boy
My tears you cannot see
Tangled in another man's war
You're never coming back to me
You're never coming back to me

Let me sing you of my son
So bright and brave was he
Just 16 when he left school
He'll not come home to me
He'll not come home to me                                                


        Music and lyrics by Wendy Arrowsmith © 2006