Soldiers

Do I hear what I think I'm hearin'?

Do I see the signs, I think I see?

Or is this just fantasy

Is it true that the beast is wakin'?

Stirrin' in his restless sleep tonight in the pale moonlight

In the grip of this cold December

You and I have reason to remember

Soldiers write the songs that soldiers sing

The songs that you and I don't sing

They blow their horns and march along

They drum their drums and look so strong

You'd think that nothin' in the world was wrong

Soldiers write the songs that soldiers sing

The songs that you and I won't sing

Let's not look the other way, takin' a chance

'Cause if the bugler starts to play

We too must dance

What's that sound, what's that dreadful rumble?

Won't somebody tell me what I hear?

In the distance but drawin' near

Is it only a storm approachin'?

All that thunder and the blinding light in the winter night

In the grip of this cold December

You and I have reason to remember

Soldiers write the songs that soldiers sing

The songs that you and I don't sing

They blow their horns and march along

They drum their drums and look so strong

You'd think that nothin' in the world was wrong

Soldiers write the songs that soldiers sing

The songs that you and I won't sing

Let's not look the other way, takin' a chance

'Cause if the bugler starts to play

We too must dance

Soldiers write the songs that soldiers sing

The songs that you and I won't sing

Let's not look the other way, takin' a chance

'Cause if the bugler starts to play

We too must dance