F
1. They disembarked in 45
B
and no one spoke and no one smiled
C F
There were too many spaces in the line
F
Gathered at the cenotaph
B
All agreed with the hand on heart
C F
To sheath the sacrificial knifes
*: But now...
F
2. She stands upon Southampton dock
B
with her handkerchief and her summer frock
C F
Clings to her wet body in the rain
F
In quiet desperation knuckles
B
white upon the slippery reins
C F
She bravely waves the boys goodbye again
B Bmi F
B
3. And still the dark stain spreads
F C F C F
between her shoulder blades
B F C F
A mute reminder of the
C F
poppy fields and graves
B C
And when the fight was over
F C B
we spent what they had made
But... in the bottom of our hearts
F
we felt the final cut.
