Key: E minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I'm a soldier of fortune
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I've come to save the day
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There's a country that's needs me
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And an enemy to slay
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All my friends are in uniform
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God is on our side
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But I'm leaving my baby back home
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Verse 2
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As we head for the ocean
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Our spirits are high
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"to battle, to glory,
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what a lovely way to die!"
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Looking back at the shoreline
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Ringing in my ears
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Are the words of my baby
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back home
Verse 3
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Where are you going to so far away
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Your dreams of glory will soon fade away
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We are so young, so much in love
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Your country needs you
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but I need you more
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So far away
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Over there
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Verse 4
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Out on the frontline the
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story has changed
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For the glory of battle is the
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myth on printed page
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As my friends fall around me
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I wonder when I die
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Will they carry my body back home
Verse 5
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What are you searching for so far away
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Your dreams of glory will soon fade away
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We are so young, so much in love
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I'm so afraid I won't see you again
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Your country needs you
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but I need you more
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So far away
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Over there
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So far away
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Over there
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Where are you going to so far away
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Your dreams of glory will soon fade away
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So many lives wasted away
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So many die again and again
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Some people say that the
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knights are all gone
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Some people say that the
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dragons are dead
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But the dragon lives on
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As the spectre of war
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And the killing and slaying
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goes on as before
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Will it ever end
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Oh... will it ever end
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Will it ever en d... ?
Outro 1
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