Here we are
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Alive and free
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Far away in time from our darkest day
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That took our young and brave
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From the cradle to the grave
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70 years ago on July one 1916 on the Somme
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The enemies had never seen fighting like this before
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Such a simple plan--
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How could any german man
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survive through that ordeal?
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Company 'A' to Company 'B'
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"Morale is high here, sir, but I don't think it's safe to go"
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Company 'A' from Company 'B'
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"Mister you have your orders and you must obey"
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So the first line rose, and the first line fell
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And a poet who survived later wrote about
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A "Sunlit vision of Hell"
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And "Larks singing"
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Because after all it's just another summer's day in France
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And the Tommies on the Somme sang
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"We are fighting to turn no-man's land into a common ground"
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A common ground
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Common Ground (Live)
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