soldiers Lament

He fight and he pray
He loath and he bleed
To no satisfaction, ?t was not his need
And when he walks, stands tall as he can
For he's a man, yeh he's a man
And when he crumples, resolve to the ground
Like burned bits of paper, life flutters round
All eyes turn away, no one wants to see
A man who?s lost, in the fight to be free
For we've been out runnin' for all of our lives
No chance, and stop, and we'd surely lose sight
In the back of his mind is a smiling face
The one who said, "yah know, it's no race"
The one that said, "you got time to breathe"
Cuz' child you're born, we're all born free
In the back of his mind is the back of a room
So dust enshrouded, and no dust broom
Stands a chance to clear the cobwebs away
So live in the back, in the dark it'll stay
And we've been out runnin' for all of our lives
No chance, and stop, and we'd surely lose sight
Tell me son
What are yah livin' for?
Tell me boy
What are you livin' for?
Tell me son
What are yah livin' for?
Tell me, tell me
What are you livin' for?