Mentioned In Dispatches Lyrics - The Strangely Beautiful E.p. - Television Personalities

He got no ribbons, no decorations 

They sent no medals to his sad parents 

Just sent a letter telling them their son had died 

Killed by a bullet 

Now every night his mother cries 

He was only eighteen when he joined the army 

It wasn't patriotic pride 

It was the only job that he could find 

Four months later he's in the Falkland Islands 

A boy with a gun and a hand grenade 

He's cold, homesick and frightened 

The army sent condolences 

The army sent a wreath 

They said they all felt proud of him 

They sent his ashes back in a tin 

He got no ribbons, no decorations 

They sent no medals 

No mention in dispatches 

He's soon forgotten like so many others 

He won no medals no mention in dispatches 

The government sent a letter saying they were proud 

The government sent a letter thanking his sad parents 

He got no ribbons no decorations 

They sent no medals to his sad parents