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Hunters & Collectors 1987
The colonel said "these bodies stink
wont someone come and drag them away"
We try to clean them up but they mow us down
and the English colonel looks the other way!
Well the spirit is willing
but the flesh is weak
I ran for the trench
but I had no time to speak
Well my heart said "yes"
but my head said "no"
When the English colonel
said "its time to go"
And he said "Whats a few men?"
The colonel's job is never done
So he declares timeout on Christmas Day
We held the enemy in our arms
and we ploughed each others dead into the clay
Well the Lord said "death will be no longer
and all of these things will pass away"
There'll be no sorrow and there'll be no pain
and we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas Day.
And he said "Whats a few men?"
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Lest we forget.
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