Song Length |
4:17 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary |
Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
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