In War Winners Are Losers

The winners write the war history or so it has been said And though they may have their celebrations they cannot bring back the dead For the dead are gone forever in eternal rest they lay And in war winners are losers despite what some do think or say, In war the one winner is hatred and old hatreds linger on for years And the mothers for their dead soldiers are left to shed their tears The last post may be played for them on war memorial day But they will not hear the bugler all is so quiet where they lay, They went to the reaper early and they faced death without fear And of stories of their bravery we do so often hear But those who sent them off to war were those who stood to gain And though the young heroes died bravely their premature deaths were in vain For war it is still being waged and the huge sacrifice they made Only rally the troops for war in another war parade.