The War Hero

He always wears his war medals on his coat of them he feels so proud And he has a hearing problem the reason he talks so loud He says I'm a World war hero of which some don't wish to know Of a battle fought in Europe more than six decades ago. I often see him walking in the park or shopping complex with his long term wife Devoted to him even in old age they have lived a long life When he started talking of his war years I could not bear with him long Though he is the inspiration for the making of this song. I do not doubt he means well or in his young years he was brave But far too many of his comrades went to an early grave To me war is antiquated and it never solves anything Though only of war heroes old war balladeers do sing. He thinks he fought for freedom who told to him the lie For so called freedom young men go to war and for so called freedom young men die Twenty six million people in refugee camps what sort of freedom have they And Human rights abuses rampant in the World of today. On Anzac Day as usual he will be at the front of the parade And he will love the adulation when much of him is made With his war medals upon his coat for everyone to see He may well impress some people but not the cynical like me.