Remembrance Day - song for the fallen

Remembrance Day

Rust marks, scorched in the earth

Journey’s end boys are calling

Takes me back to nowhere fast

Where young England lies fallen

Seldom reached their destinations

Summers doors are left ajar

Now rainy days and sunshine bakes

Down on Minnie’s boy

It’s Remembrance Day and we won’t forget you

All of our young who have fallen

We’ll think of you, maybe hold back a tear

The sacrifice you paid for what we hold dear

Daddy’s waiting for his son

Meanwhile Mother watches clocks

Seventeen for King and Queen

Wasted youth and senseless slaughter

Whistle stops time from standing still

It’s time to go your friends are calling

Misty morning a new day dawning

Sunshine breaks over the hill

It’s Remembrance Day and we won’t forget you

All of our young who have fallen

We’ll think of you, maybe hold back a tear

The sacrifice you paid for what we hold dear

Now Journey’s end’s here in November rain

Flanders fields forever still

And I always wanted to give my thanks

I came to say I’m sorry still

They’ve finally found you, gave you back your name

I’m glad to see you rest on easy

Sixty thousand children came and went

Young John England was among them