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Twenty thousand men
Waited for the call
Running hard, running fast, running
For the fall
Sixty thousand loved ones
Waiting for them in vain
Waiting long, waiting hard, waiting
For the pain
Fifty thousand bullets
Each with its own will
Flying hard, flying fast, flying
For the kill
One hundred generals
Each with his own plan
Thinking hard, thinking fast, affecting
Every man

If I should die
Will you send this letter to my home?
If you should die
Do you want me to do the same for you?
If we should die
Who will tell them how we loved them all?
If we should die
Who will blame the generals for it all?
If I should die
Will you tell her that I love her evermore?
If we should die
Who will tell the world what this war is for?

I don't want to die
There are so many untold things for me to do
We don't want to die
There are so many untold things for us to do
If I should die
Will you send this letter to my home?
If we should die
Who will tell the world what this war is for?
If I should die.....?

Please remember what this war is for
Mud and bloodshed soaked in the land
All this dying what's it for, the war?
Pain and sorrow, soaked in the land
Please remember what's it for, the war
Mud and bloodshed, soaked in the land
All this dying, what's it for the war?
Pain and sorrow, soaked in the land

Twenty thousand graves
Each with a white cross
Fading hard, fading fast, fading
With our loss

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from The Shadow Of Dreams, released January 1, 1999

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