Johnny's Gone To The War

(album: The First Three EP's - 1980)

Johnny's gone in the morning sun
Johnny's gone to carry a gun
Off he goes in the break of dawn
Johnny's gone to the war

See my Johnny standing in the line
Don't his uniform look fine?
Children laughing and girls all sighing
Johnny's gone to the war

Early in the morning at the break of day
See the young men march away
Mothers weeping and fathers praying
Johnny's gone to the war

Out of the land the young men poured
It's flesh to feed the guns of war
Johnny isn't a boy anymore
Johnny's gone to the war

Out on the field where the young men fell
In the scream of shot and the roar of shell
Men plunged down the throat of... heaven
Johnny's gone to the war

After the battle in the mud and rain
The air is red with the screams of pain
His eyes will never see the light again
Johnny's gone to the war

There's a mail train a-rolling down the track
Carrying a letter edged in black
And it says that Johnny won't be back
Johnny's gone to the war...