letra de short memories - graham parker
d a
they took their kids in their teenage years
d g
fitted them out with combat gear,
d a bm g
filled their hearts with mortal fear and sent them away
d a
some came home their pants in creases
d g
some came home in bits and pieces
d a g d
the president made a lot of speeches and went fishing for the day
d a d g
’cause they have short memories, they forget it all so quickly
d a bm g
they have short memories, now it’s gone
d a d g
they have short memories, it disappears just like quicksilver
d a g d
they have short memories, now it’s gone
my daddy was in nicosea, egypt and north korea
he came back to a good career, shovelling coal
i was just the village lout i never got my finger out
i never wanted for anything still i broke and entered and stole
[bridge]
em
you can’t stop a train or catch the rain drops
d a g
as they come falling
em
sure there’ll be another war
d a
sure as sure the call-up will come calling
d a
they took their kids in their teenage years
d g
gave them a god that they could fear
d a bm g
said they could kill but not drink beer
bm g
and sent them away
d a
some came home in a body bag
d g
some came home wrapped in a flags
d a g d
and on each toe there hung a tag saying there’ll be more someday
[repeat first chorus]
g em d
…now it’s gone, now it’s gone, now it’s gone /pre>
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