Where the Rose is Sown (Big Country)

we're at war (all the papers say)
we will win (i read today)
we are strong (it wasn't us)
we are right (who started this?)
leave your work (i just left school)
leave your home (i am no fool)
take up arms (it left me strong)
sound alarms (the school bell rings)

sons of men who stand like gods
we give life to feed the cause
and run to ground our heathen foe
our name will never die
this time will be forever

join up here (i wave goodbye)
we need you (oh my breast sighs)
have no fear (i must try)
god will be (with braver men)
take the vow (i know its right)
praise the flag (the good fight)
we're at war (i'm on my way)
we will win (why do i pray?)

sons of men who stand like gods
we give life to feed the cause
and run to ground our heathen foe
our name will never die
this time will be forever

i wait here in this hole
playing poker with my soul
i hold the rifle close to me
it lights the way to keep me free
if i die in a combat zone
box me up and ship me home
if i die and still come home
lay me where the rose is sown

sons of men who stand like gods
we give life to feed the cause
and run to ground our heathen foe
our name will never die
this time will be forever