Here Is Jack
from A Bob A Bloody Day by The Living Archive Band
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lyrics
Here Is Jack
Kevin Adams
Here is Jack. Here is Jack.
They swapped his cornet for a rifle and pack.
The guns are firing and there’s no turning back
And Jack is thinking this is not what he planned.
He joined the army just to play in the band-
And now this living nightmare he can’t understand.
He sees a well known face as the nurses arrive.
His sister Mary says, “Thank God, you’re alive!”
They hold each other while the men stumble by.
It’s all too much for him, he just has to cry.
“Oh get me out of here Mary, I don’t want to die.”
Chorus:
And here am I, fortunate one
No way to understand the harm that was done.
Never had to put on khaki, never made to fire a gun.
Fortunate one.
And here is Jack, here is Jack.
Some years later and he came through the lot.
A touch of gas on the lungs was all that he got.
He’s made a home now and he’s married his bride.
“How was it, Jacky?” “It was cushy” he lied.
He never talks about it, he keeps it locked up inside.
He plays his music at the palais de dance.
It gets him out of the house and he needs every chance.
But there are times when he can still hear the guns.
He’s back in Flanders facing up to the Huns-
It’s slowly dawning on him- it’s just them old drums.
Chorus
My mother’s father who I barely knew.
Here is his cornet; campaign medals too.
Chorus
Kevin Adams
Here is Jack. Here is Jack.
They swapped his cornet for a rifle and pack.
The guns are firing and there’s no turning back
And Jack is thinking this is not what he planned.
He joined the army just to play in the band-
And now this living nightmare he can’t understand.
He sees a well known face as the nurses arrive.
His sister Mary says, “Thank God, you’re alive!”
They hold each other while the men stumble by.
It’s all too much for him, he just has to cry.
“Oh get me out of here Mary, I don’t want to die.”
Chorus:
And here am I, fortunate one
No way to understand the harm that was done.
Never had to put on khaki, never made to fire a gun.
Fortunate one.
And here is Jack, here is Jack.
Some years later and he came through the lot.
A touch of gas on the lungs was all that he got.
He’s made a home now and he’s married his bride.
“How was it, Jacky?” “It was cushy” he lied.
He never talks about it, he keeps it locked up inside.
He plays his music at the palais de dance.
It gets him out of the house and he needs every chance.
But there are times when he can still hear the guns.
He’s back in Flanders facing up to the Huns-
It’s slowly dawning on him- it’s just them old drums.
Chorus
My mother’s father who I barely knew.
Here is his cornet; campaign medals too.
Chorus
credits
from A Bob A Bloody Day,
released August 17, 2019
Words & music: Kevin Adams
From the 2015 album Sheltermore, performed and recorded by Kevin Adams.
Words & music: Kevin Adams
From the 2015 album Sheltermore, performed and recorded by Kevin Adams.
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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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