To Glorify War Heroes

Though talk of war and death and such I do not wish to hear To glorify war heroes we have the balladeer The old men displaying their medals march on war memorial day Though they look tired and weary now and they are old and gray. They weep for comrades who died young in battles far away Young men who were buried in mass graves their bones far from home lay 'Tis said they died in freedom's cause though many with that do not agree Since any lessons have not been learned from man's war history. Each time I listen to the news the headlines mostly bad A suicide bombing in Palestine a car bombing in Baghdad More atrocities with a direct link to terrorism to many it would seem But to those who give their own lives to kill the fulfilment of a heroic dream. Of suffering and deaths linked to war so much has been written and said And wives and mothers in the World today still mourn their war dead And still the soldiers come back home to a victory parade For people who shoot at other people too much respect is paid.