Take Your Trenchcoat

and my brother from the infantry
summer's better than winter
we've settled our scores with war
we've settled our scores with war
we've settled our scores with war
take your coat, let’s go home

war bent us and took us down
it’s the end for her too
four years a mother without her son
four years a mother without her son
four years a mother without her son
take your coat, let’s go home

to the ashes and dust of our streets
again, again my comrade
the starlings that went missing have returned
the starlings that went missing have returned
the starlings that went missing have returned
take your coat, let’s go home

and you with your eyes closed
sleep under the plywood star
get up, get up, fellow soldier
get up, get up, fellow soldier
get up, get up, fellow soldier
take your coat, let’s go home

what will I tell your family
when I stand before the widow
should I swear by yesterday’s light
should I swear by yesterday’s light
should I swear by yesterday’s light
take your coat, let’s go home

we're all wild children of war
both the general and the private
spring is here again in this wide world
spring is here again in this wide world
spring is here again in this wide world
take your coat, let’s go home