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Kosovo

from Gather by Wob

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Take my rifle off the wall, dust it down
And make sure the barrel's clear
Find the shells I've fired
At nothing but rabbits
For more than fifty years
Dig a trench outside the town
Keep my head down and my eyes alert
My body's old and aching
I can't stop these hands from shaking
As I prepare myself again

Kiss my wife goodbye, she's holding out
Making food for the rest of my old comrades
We fought together, we farmed together
Maybe we'll die together

In the searing heat
Of a dust filled day we wait
For people half our age
To come and take the place
That we've lived in for years
On a map that's probably older
Than these ancient soldiers
It says it's theirs
They would clear us from our homes
I'm not sure that these old bones
Can take this again

In the churchyard lie the victims
Of the last war
We remember it too well my friends and I
We worked together, we laughed together
Maybe we'll die

Trying to save out homes
The odds are stacked against us
The young army's on its way
We're too old; they'll be here sooner or later



© Wob, 1999

Recorded at Lighthouse Studios, Weymouth, by Rick Hammond

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from Gather, released January 1, 1999

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