Army Dreamers.....

[Bluebear]

"Army Dreamers" (Kate Bush)

Our little army boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.**
I've a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mommy's hero.

Mourning in the aerodrome,
The weather warmer, he is colder.
Four men in uniform
To carry home my little soldier.

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star......"
But he didn't have the money for a guitar.
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician....."
But he never had a proper education.
"What could he do?
Should have been a father......."
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.

Tears o'er a tin box.
Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know,
Like a chicken with a fox,
He couldn't win the war with ego.

Give the kid the pick of pips,
And give him all your stripes and ribbons.
Now he's sitting in his hole,
He might as well have buttons and bows.

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star....."
But he didn't have the money for a guitar.
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician....."
But he never had a proper education.
"What could he do?
Should have been a father....."
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of all that
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers......

** (British Forces Posted Overseas)

[Sugarbleus]

1. Jesus...this is really moving.

The pic of the "bag babs"is especially poignant. x(

[Bluebear]

2. That old song popped into my mind...

Not to be maudlin or anything but once in a while I have to remember why what we are fighting for is so important. Thanks for reading.

[bluestateguy]

3. "Blame Al Qaeda"

So said some stupid bitch to Lila Lipscomb in F 9/11.

[DemExpat]

4. That song brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it!

Very fitting.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Place the lyrics under Will Pitt's post with the 1000+ pictures of the dead....:cry:

DemEx

[Bluebear]

5. They need to start playing it again.

nt