Publisher: SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING UK LTD
I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear
This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while
Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
Of the day beyond now, keep your head down pal, there's trouble plenty
I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
It stretched before me infinitely, I couldn't really think
I fought in a war, I didn't know where it would end
And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear
Songwriters: Isobel Campbell, Richard Colburn, Micheal Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Sarah Martin, Stuart Murdoch
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
Before I would stand with another boy in front of me
This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasn't very long
This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while
To go looking for the enemy and it wasn't very long
And a corpse that just fell into me, with the bullets flying round
I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on
Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me
In this hour, this day, I can see hope, I can see light
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady boy to wear
And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on
And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on