 Forgotten sons lyrics ( Fish )   
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Artist : Fish
Song : Forgotten sons
Armalite, street lights, night-sights
Searching the roofs for a sniper, viper, fighter
Death in the shadows he`ll maim you, wound you,
he`ll kill you
For long-forgotten cause, on not so foreign
shores
Boys baptised in wars
Morphine, chill stream, bad dream
Serving as numbers on dogtags, flak-rags,
sandbags
Your girl has married your best friend, love`s
end, poison pen
Your flesh will always creep, tossing turning
sleep
The wounds that burn so deep
Your mother sits on the edge of the world
When the cameras start to roll
Panoramic viewpoints resurrect the killing fold
Your father drains another beer he`s one of the
few that cares
Crawling behind a Saracen`s hull
From the safety of his living room chair
Forgotten Sons, forgotten Sons, forgotten Sons
And so I patrol in the valley of the shadow of
the Tricolor
I must fear evil for I am but mortal and mortals
can only die
Asking questions, pleading answers from the
nameless
Faceless watchers that stalk the carpeted
corridors of Whitehall
Who order desecration, mutilation, verbal
masturbation
In their guarded bureaucratic wombs
Minister, Minister care for your children, order
them not
Into damnation to eliminate those who would
trespass
Against you, for whose is the kingdom?
The power and the Glory, forever and ever
Amen
Halt who goes there?
death
Approach.... friend
You`re just another coffin on its way down the
emerald aisle
Where the children`s stony glances mourn your
death
In a terrorist`s smile
The bomber`s arm places fiery gifts on the
supermarket shelves
Alleys sing with shrapnel, dance in a temporary
hell
Forgotten Sons
From the dole queue to the regiment a profession
in a flash
But remember Monday`s signings when from door to
door you dash
On the news a nation mourns your unknown soldier
count the cost
For a second you`ll be famous but labelled
posthumous
Forgotten Sons
Forgotten Sons
Ring o` roses, they all fall down
Peace on earth and mercy mild, Mother Brown has
lost her child
Just another Forgotten Son
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