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Tony Butler
Tony Butler: My Time (2018) 4:17
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Lyrics & Music: Tony Butler
©2016 SGO Music Publishing
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There was once an old boy
Told me stories of yesteryear
Lost his hand
To defend his land
And dreamed of life back home
He looked around and sighed
Told me that he was ready to go
They served and fell
In that bloody hell
And came back all alone
He still hears those screams and cries
He was spared and wonders why
Sunken eyed, face etched with pain
He never saw his friends again
He called his war a crime
A crime against humanity
At sixteen signed
At twenty blinded
And never knew quite why
He still hears those screams and cries
He was spared and wonders why
Sunken eyed, face etched with pain
He never saw his friends again
He still hears those screams and cries
He was spared and wonders why
Sunken eyed, face etched with pain
He never saw his friends again
I watched him as those images
Replayed across his mind
His face changed as he fought with his memories
The sacrifice sublime
He still hears those screams and cries
He was spared and wonders why
Sunken eyed, face etched with pain
He never saw his friends again
He still hears those screams and cries
He was spared and wonders why
His sad grey eyes, all red and stained
He never saw his mates, again.