I Fought In A War

I fought in a war And I left my friends behind me To go looking for the enemy And it wasn't very long Before I would stand With another boy in front of me And a corpse that just fell into me With the bullets flying 'round And I reminded myself of the words you said When we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home For a steady boy to wear 'Round his neck Well, it won't hurt to think of you As if you're waiting for this letter to arrive Because I'll be here quite a while I fought in a war And I left my friends behind me To go looking for the enemy And it wasn't very long Before I found out That the sickness there ahead of me Went beyond the bedsit infamy Of the decade gone before I reminded myself of the words you said When we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home For a steady man to wear 'Round his neck Well, it won't hurt to think of you As if you're waiting for this letter to arrive Because I'll be here quite a while I fought in a war I didn't know where it would end It stretched before me infinitely I couldn't really think Of a day beyond now Keep your head down, pal, there's trouble plenty In this hour, this day I can see hope, I can see light I reminded myself of the looks you gave When we were getting on I bet you're making shells back home For a steady man to wear 'Round his neck Well, it won't hurt to think of you As if you're waiting for this letter to arrive Because I'll be here quite a while