Young men standing on the beaches Barely 19 summers old Young man your country needs you Young man do what you're told Walking on a fine line Watching every step Read it in the headlines Lest we forget Too young to die Too young to die Too young to die Young man dreams of going home Back to the southern land Watch the girls underneath the boardwalk Fish n chips down on the sand Woken by a bright light Hotter than the sun In my dreams they're waving White flags instead of guns Too young to die Too young to die 10,000 miles away Where heaven and hell collide And who decides The whites of their eyes Too young to die Old man sits on a park bench His memories dissolved But he can still see the faces Of all the young men Who didn't grow old