Warsong Lyrics - Doug Anthony All Stars

With a downward blast 

From his doughy arse 

Like a lance of fire 

He shot up the mast 

As he mumbled blasphemous epitaphs 

"I am the sailor!" 

And the captain cried with a mighty heave-ho 

"Enemy sighted on the starboard bow! 

Load your cannons and let 'em go, 

For God is on our side, boys." 

In the dust and sand 

Of a foreign land 

With hands afire 

He buried his friend 

He beat his brow 

As he foully said, 

"I am the soldier." 

And the private laughed as he reached the bluff 

His gun barrel smoking, "Enough's enough, 

We've done more damage than old MacDuff 

And God is full of pride, boys." 

He flew through the flak 

On the first attack 

A bomb bay open 

On a missile's back 

"Here's the payload," 

He crudely spat, 

"I am the airman." 

And the general sighed, "This is our last stand, 

Let every man say 'Amen'. 

For we'll not see daylight again 

And tonight we meet our God, boys." 

Well, the airman plunged into the pine 

And the sailor drowned in the briny brine 

And the soldier in haste put his foot on a mine 

And it comes to all in time, boys 

For on the day they died, boys 

God was on the other side, boys