Dad's Song
from A Bob A Bloody Day by The Living Archive Band
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lyrics
Dad’s Song
J Cunningham
How’s he sticking it?
I tried to get him out of it,
I couldn’t believe it – he’s only sixteen.
Tomorrow the real men go off to war again
My eldest lad is far too green
He never asked me before he went away
Didn’t he think a father has a say?
The upper-ups started it, we have to suffer it,
My young son doesn’t know what it means.
Now he’s a fighting man
He’ll do the best he can.
It might have been me if I wasn’t too old.
He’s going to get a stripe, Albert is just the type,
He learned from me to do as he’s told.
He might go higher if he has some luck-
No-one can treat a General like muck.
They’ll put epaulettes on him, I pin my hopes on him,
But when I stop to think, my blood runs cold.
When I stop to think, my blood runs cold.
J Cunningham
How’s he sticking it?
I tried to get him out of it,
I couldn’t believe it – he’s only sixteen.
Tomorrow the real men go off to war again
My eldest lad is far too green
He never asked me before he went away
Didn’t he think a father has a say?
The upper-ups started it, we have to suffer it,
My young son doesn’t know what it means.
Now he’s a fighting man
He’ll do the best he can.
It might have been me if I wasn’t too old.
He’s going to get a stripe, Albert is just the type,
He learned from me to do as he’s told.
He might go higher if he has some luck-
No-one can treat a General like muck.
They’ll put epaulettes on him, I pin my hopes on him,
But when I stop to think, my blood runs cold.
When I stop to think, my blood runs cold.
credits
from A Bob A Bloody Day,
released August 17, 2019
Words & music: J Cunningham
Brad Bradstock: lead vocal
Recorded 2019 by Mike Crofts, MCA Studios (mcastudios.co.uk)
Mixed by Brad Bradstock
Words & music: J Cunningham
Brad Bradstock: lead vocal
Recorded 2019 by Mike Crofts, MCA Studios (mcastudios.co.uk)
Mixed by Brad Bradstock
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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK
An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more
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