The Grave

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Borrowed from Don McLean. Once again, not making any money, just having a laugh.

The grave that they dug him had flowers
Gathered from the hillside in bright summer colours
And the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone
He’s gone

When the wars of our nation did beckon
A man barely twenty did answer the call
And proud of the trust that he placed in our nation
He’s gone

But eternity knows him
And it knows what we’ve done

And the rain fell like pearls
On the leaves of the flowers
Leaving brown muddy clay
Where the earth had been dry

And deep in the trench
He waited for hours
As he held to his rifle
And prayed not to die

But the silence of night
Was shattered by fire
As guns and grenades
Blasted sharp through the air

One after another
His comrades were slaughtered
In a morgue of marines
Alone standing there

He crouched ever lower
Ever lower with fear
They can’t let me die
They can’t let me die here

I’ll cover myself
With the mud and the earth
I’ll cover myself
I know I’m not brave

The earth, the earth
The earth is my grave

The grave that they dug him had flowers
Gathered from the hillside in bright summer colours
And the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone

He’s gone

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