ARMY DREAMERS

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdHOm256N4&mode=related&search=



B.f.p.o.
Army dreamers.
Mammy’s hero.
B.f.p.o.
Mammy’s hero.

Our little army boy
Is coming home from b.f.p.o.
I’ve a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy’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, oh..



b.f.p.o.
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
Army dreamers.
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
mammy’s hero.
b.f.p.o.
Army dreamers.
mammy’s hero.
b.f.p.o.
No harm heroes.
mammy’s hero.
b.f.p.o.
Army dreamers.
mammy’s hero.
b.f.p.o.
No harm heroes.

Kate Bush




Dover AFB gallery
the war dead
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/gallery.htm

[Cetacea]

1. Kate Bush is a genius

and you did a nice job with her lyrics here. Her video for this song is also awesome.

[Atman]

2. I love that song.

Kate Bush is, indeed, a genius. Great use of the lyrics! Thanks for the post, and reminding me of the song. I have to dig out the CD and rip it onto my iPod!

.

[saigon68]

3. Kicked--- Awesome

[seemslikeadream]

4. Rich Man's War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCCREIRwGQ




Jimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go
There ain’t nobody hirin’
‘round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now he’s got a rifle in his hand
Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he’s still there
Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin’ ourselves we’re free

Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way

He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Steve Earle

[Jcrowley]

5. K & R n/t

[Sugar Smack]

6. That was so well done, seemslikeadream. K&R!

I love that song so much. Kate Bush is wonderful! And so are you, for creating this thread!

[lebkuchen]

7. Here's a 19 y.o 1st ID gunner who had dreamed of being in the army

He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously just the other day. After reading the article, I got the sick feeling this is the way he would have wanted it.

http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=42137

[seemslikeadream]

9. This is my friends' army dreamer

http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/slavenasbriand.html



Army 1st Lt. Brian D. Slavenas

30, of Genoa, Ill.; assigned to F Company, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Peoria, Ill.; killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.

At 6-foot-5, 1st Lt. Brian Slavenas stood out in a crowd, even though blending in was more comfortable. And Ronald Slavenas says his son probably wouldn't have been crazy about the word "hero" being used to describe his death. "He would say, 'No big deal.' He wouldn't want any kind of adulation," the father said. Brian Slavenas, 30, was the pilot of a Chinook helicopter shot down Nov. 2. Friends and family in Genoa, Ill., described Slavenas as a "gentle giant," a nonviolent man who felt a duty to his country. "He wasn't one of those gung-ho, want-to-go-to-war-type guys. He was there to do a job," said his brother, Eric Slavenas, who served in Grenada with the Army. Like his paratrooper father and two older brothers, Slavenas followed a path to the military. The Lithuanian-born Ronald Slavenas, who immigrated to the United States in his teens after fleeing to West Germany as a boy, instilled in his sons a sense of commitment to the country that had taken in his family. "I thought as an immigrant when you come to this country, you put your shoulder to the wheel," he said. Brian Slavenas's high school yearbook lists activities as varied as marching band, National Honor Society, chess club, intramural basketball and track. After high school, he became an Army paratrooper, then joined the National Guard, then went to officer school and decided to become a helicopter pilot. He earned an engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

http://www.nbc5.com/news/2635513/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65194

CHICAGO -- The mother of an Illinois National Guard pilot killed in Iraq says she holds President George W. Bush "personally responsible" for the death of her son.

Rosemarie Dietz Slavenas (pictured, left) blamed Bush and said her son died because the United States lacks what she calls a "civilized foreign policy."

Slavenas held a private civilian ceremony for her son, Lt. Brian Slavenas (pictured, right), NBC5's Charlie Wojciechowski reported on Thursday. After the ceremony, a bugler played taps and Slavenas' mother came out of the church to speak to the media.

"My son was not a soldier," Slavenas said. "He was my son. George Bush killed my son. I request in Brian's name a stop to the killing. No more preemptive wars."

Hundreds of people attended the funeral Thursday for 1st Lt. Brian Slavenas. He was remembered by several speakers at Faith United Methodist Church in Genoa as a wonderful man and a good friend.



Just a few hours later, and just blocks away, another service was held for Slavenas (pictured, left), Wojciechowski reported. At the Genoa Veteran's Home, the 30-year-old pilot was remembered as a brave soldier by his father and brothers, who served in the military.

"Brian's death was not caused by President Bush," said Slavenas' brother, Eric. "We stand behind President Bush. death was caused by an Iraqi guerrilla who fired a missile, which took down his aircraft."

"I see my son as a hero," said Ronald Slavenas, Brian's father. "He was not a high-strutting soldier. He was no Rambo. But he was doing the best he could for his country. He did his job."

Slavenas was one of 15 soldiers killed when insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter west of Baghdad earlier this month. Slavenas was a member of the Peoria-based F-Company 106 Aviation Battalion.

[seemslikeadream]

8. MASTERS OF WAR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muQRIUVd6Aw&mode=related&search=




Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks.



You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly.



Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain.



You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion'
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud.



You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins.



How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do.



Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul.



And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead.

-- Bob Dylan

[thingfisher]

11. As General Smedley Butler said, so many years ago,

"War is a racket!".

[Beaverhausen]

10. I can't tell you how many times that song has gone through my head...

...in the past 3 1/2 years.

"...but he never even made it to his twenties
what a waste
Army dreamers..."

Nice pictoral.

and thanks for making me waste 1/2 an hour on youtube searching for Kate videos. Whoo boy!

[me b zola]

12. k&r

[seemslikeadream]

13. I am too scared to close my eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxFRFIssQDc



Enveloped in a sentiment,
A sound that rushes over me.
Engage an impulse to pretend
I have a faith as pure.
Not forgetting what it means to dream.
Indulging everything.
Entertaining thoughts that I've the strength
Of those I yearn to be.
Cheers and tribute greet the saviours.
Reckless thoughts survive.
Anachronistic and impulsive.

And what will happen?
Will I dream?
I am too scared to close my eyes.
For a second please hold me.
None can change in me these things that I believe.
But I don't know what happens now.
I am too scared to close my eyes.

Legion
Vnv Nation

[Bluebear]

14. Four men in uniform to carry home my little soldier