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All That I Know

from Lost Souls by Roy Smiles

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All That I Know

Did you hear the news? A war starts today
Our soldiers must fly to a land far away
Our cause is just the newspapers say
Yet all that I know is young men will die
Yes, all that I know is young men will die.

Did you see the news? A city in flames
Battles were fought like video games
They counted the dead without knowing their names
Yet all that I know is young men will die
Yes, all that I know is young men will die.

Chorus
And the bells of victory ring
And the choirs of glory sing
But what words are left to be said?
To the mothers who bury their dead?
And the bells of victory ring
And the choirs of glory sing
But what words are left to be said?
To the widows who bury their dead?

Instrumental

Did you read the news? It happened again
The cluster bombs fell like poisonous rain
And all of it done in democracy’s name
Yet all that I know is children will die
Yes, all that I know is children will die.

Chorus

Did you hear the news? The coffins came home
Draped in a flag that nobody owns
The bugles will sound in gardens of stone
Yet all that I know is young men have died
Yes, all that I know is young men have died
Yes, all that I know, yes all that I know
Yes, all that I know, yes all that I know.

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from Lost Souls, released January 25, 2007

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk. ... more

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