Hello darling, this is the army,
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I've just got the time to write,
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Today we attack, there's no turning back,
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The boys they're all ready for the fight.
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Yes, I'm well but this place is like hell,
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They call it Passchendaele,
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In nineteen seventeen the war must be ending,
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The General said this attack will not fail;
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So I'm writing down this simple little melody
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When you play it my love, think for me...
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We'll be together in this song for you,
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And it goes La la la... sing it darling... La la la...
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They got old Bill and the Sergeant is still out there
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Wounded in some shellhole,
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They say this war will end all wars,
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Oh God I really hope it will,
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Oh how's old England, are they still singing
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Those songs that we loved to sing,
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When all this is over, we'll go sailing in Dover,
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Catching fish like we used to with a string,
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Oh I miss you, I miss you, I miss you,
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If they get me my love you will know...
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We'll always be together in this song for you...
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And it goes La la la... I have to go now...
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Take care of yourself my love.
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This Song For You
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| Chris De Burgh |