Lyrics

Take my friends
Take my family
Take my youth
Away from me

Take my heart
Take my love
Take my life
Away from me

And I'll march the road to Dover
And I'll cross the sea to France
Just keep the home fires burning bright
I'll be back given half a chance

But there is one thing
You will never understand
I could reach
And take the flowers from your hand

In this corner of a foreign field
I lie forever more
And now the people filing past
Get fewer by the score

They made a granite headstone
Carved on my name and rank
They added on you loved me
And where the boat had sank

But there is one thing
You will never understand
I could reach
And take the flowers from your hand

But there is one thing
You will never understand
I could reach
And take the flowers from your hand

You visited one Autumn
The sky was dark and grey
The grass was cut the hedges trimmed
For your Remembrance Day

And all the boys stood by their stones
As light began to fade
Boots were polished medals bright
A ghostly last parade

But there is one thing
You will never understand
I could reach
And take the flowers from your hand

But there is one thing
You will never understand
I could reach
And take the flowers from your hand

Copyright A Rosier 2006