Army Dreamers (Live from Studio Brussel) - The Last Dinner Party
Lyrics by:Kate Bush
Composed by:Kate Bush
Produced by:The Last Dinner Party
Our little army boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O
I've a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy's hero
Mourning in the aerodrome
The weather warmer he is colder
Four men in uniform
To carry home my little soldier
What could he do should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do should have been a father
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste army dreamers
What a waste army dreamers
Tears over a tin box
Jesus Christ he wasn't to know
Like a chicken with a fox
He couldn't win the war with ego
Give the boy the pick of pips
And give him all your stripes and ribbons
While he's sitting in his hole
He might as well have buttons and bows
What could he do should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do should have been a father
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste army dreamers
What a waste army dreamers
What a waste of all the army dreamers
Army dreamers army dreamers