I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
To go looking for the enemy and it wasn´t very long
Before I would stand with another boy in front of me

And a corpse that just fell into me, with the bullets flying round
And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on
And I bet you´re making shells back home for a steady boy to wear
Round his neck, well it won´t hurt to think of you as if you´re waiting for
This letter to arrive because I´ll be here quite a while
I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasn´t very long
Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me
Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before
I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on

And I bet you´re making shells back home for a steady man to wear
Round his neck, well it won´t hurt to think of you as if you´re waiting for
This letter to arrive because I´ll be here quite a while
I fought in a war, I didn´t know where it would end
It stretched before me infinitely, I couldn´t really think
Of the day beyond now, keep your head down pal, there´s trouble plenty
In this hour, this day, I can see hope, I can see light
And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on
And I bet you´re making shells back home for a steady man to wear

Round his neck, well it won´t hurt to think of you as if you´re waiting for
This letter to arrive because I´ll be here quite a while