Another Man's Cause Lyrics - Singles - Levellers

Gunshots shatter the peace of night 

it's just another fire fight 

for the people of this little town 

but for the dying soldier 

he's feeling ten yerars older 

and he's lying face down on the ground 

all the words that are in his head 

are all the words his mother said 

as she would put him to bed back home 

CHORUS: 

your daddy died in the falklands 

fighting for another man's cause 

and your brother he was killed in the last war 

now your mother's lying at home alone 

Every day she sees his face 

on the picture on the fireplace 

with your brother as he was leaving school 

then a day came five years ago 

you said "mother, i need to know" 

and you spoke the words your brother spoke before 

"i know the things my daddy done 

i've seen the medals thet he won 

and i know that this is what he would have wanted-for me" 

CHORUS 

AND NOW SHE WONDERS AT IT ALL 

HOW MANY MORE ARE GOING TO ANSWER THE CALL 

TO FIGHT AND DIE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY'S 

TO DIE FOR RELIGION THE NEVER BELIVED IN AT ALL 

TO DIE IN A PLACE THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN AT ALL 

NO, NEVER BEEN AT ALL 

CHORUS