She was a girl of sixteen summers And I was scarcely any older To see her once was but to love her To love and cherish and discover My every thought was only of her Before I went to be a soldier
It was a time of young confusion When blood runs hot and boys grow bolder And all that summer long I chased her Until she turned, until I faced her On beds of poppies I embraced her Before I went to be a soldier
There was a baby born in spring time I wasn't there to see or hold her The buggles called and I was sent for To play the game that blood is spent for The ancient game that youth is meant for To be a man, to be a soldier
In foreign fields I've seen the slaughter Of hot young boys who now grow colder Where steel and fire burn and blind me Where only poppies still remind me Of shinning summer days behind me Before I went to be a soldier
I close my eyes and see my lover A child asleep against her shoulder A child of love who's life we started When hope was new and open hearted A time that ever more departed The day I went to be a soldier
To be a soldier To be a soldier A soldier.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.