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(The Dream of the Blue Turtles) |
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Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen |
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Marching through countries they'd never seen |
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Virgins with rifles, a game of charades |
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All for a children's crusade |
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Pawns in the game are not victims of chance |
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Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France |
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Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade |
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All of those young lives betrayed |
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The children of England would never be slaves |
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They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves |
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The flower of England face down in the mud |
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And stained in the blood of a whole generation |
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Corpulent generals safe behind lines |
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History's lessons drowned in red wine |
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Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade |
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All of those young lives betrayed |
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All for a children's crusade |
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The children of England would never be slaves |
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They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves |
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The flower of England face down in the mud |
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And stained in the blood of a whole generation |
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Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four |
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Fixing in doorways, opium slaves |
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Poppies for young men, such bitter trade |
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All of those young lives betrayed |
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All for a children's crusade |
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