lirik lagu the gift of years – eric bogle
well, old friend, here i am, i told you i’d be back. and as usual mate, i’m bl–dy late; it’s 75 years down the track. for the last time here i stand in this familiar foreign land. back with the mates i left behind, fixed forever in their time.
and all the men and of all the boys who haunt this lonely place only one of them wears your cheery grin & your queensland joker’s face but i drown in all the bl–dy dreams of helpless young men’s dying screams i feel your hand give my arm a shake & your voice say “steady, mate”
and the country that you died for, mate, you would not know it now the future that we dreamed of, mate, got all twisted up somehow the peace that we were fighting for, the end to stupid senseless war so it couldn’t happen to our kids – well old mate, it did.
but thank you for the gift of years & the flame that brightly burned for the time you bought & the lessons taught, tho’ often wasted & unlearned “lest we forget” cry the mult-tudes, as if i ever ever could so forgive an old man’s tears, & thank you for the years.
lirik lagu lainnya :
- kumpulan lirik lagu ian bareham › lirik lagu stay the night – ian bareham
- kumpulan lirik lagu leanje › lirik lagu во тьме (in the dark) – leanje
- kumpulan lirik lagu kekht arakh › lirik lagu thorns – këkht aräkh
- kumpulan lirik lagu luisaker vnder › lirik lagu babysit – luisaker & vnder
- kumpulan lirik lagu we are monroe › lirik lagu break the silence – we are monroe
- kumpulan lirik lagu norfolk western railway nw nw › lirik lagu cargo movin’ people – norfolk & western railway (n&w, nw)
- kumpulan lirik lagu gabriel helewa › lirik lagu i can’t do this alone – gabriel helewa
- kumpulan lirik lagu mar90s caspr › lirik lagu come in last – mar90s & caspr
- kumpulan lirik lagu sest › lirik lagu não me entenda mal – sest
- kumpulan lirik lagu greekazo › lirik lagu wifi – greekazo