Parapet Song
from A Bob A Bloody Day by The Living Archive Band
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lyrics
The Parapet Song
Paul Clark
I sit on the parapet, day is a-breaking,
I sit and I wonder, is Jerry awake?
I’d love to peek over, see sun at its waking,
But snipers are quick if you make a mistake.
Back in the town where I was born
People are stirring this midsummer’s morn.
They have no cause to fear someone waiting to shoot them,
It’s only dawn’s chill makes them shiver or shake.
When Kitchener pointed his forefinger at me
I took up the challenge, went off to enlist.
Barracks and square-bashing didn’t deter me,
Of the life I had left there was little I’d missed.
I hadn’t seen troops take a shell’s direct hit –
Bullets and barbed wire that tear men to bits.
Now the life of a soldier looks different to me
I don’t play the hero, just try to exist.
When I close my eyes I see all the old places –
The great carriage works stretching out Stratford way,
And half of my friends there, I see their tired faces
As they come through the gates at the end of the day.
The places we walked, the tow-path, the track –
Half of me wishes that I could be back there,
But there’s no use wishing what simply can’t happen,
I’m here till it’s over, and done come what may.
Paul Clark
I sit on the parapet, day is a-breaking,
I sit and I wonder, is Jerry awake?
I’d love to peek over, see sun at its waking,
But snipers are quick if you make a mistake.
Back in the town where I was born
People are stirring this midsummer’s morn.
They have no cause to fear someone waiting to shoot them,
It’s only dawn’s chill makes them shiver or shake.
When Kitchener pointed his forefinger at me
I took up the challenge, went off to enlist.
Barracks and square-bashing didn’t deter me,
Of the life I had left there was little I’d missed.
I hadn’t seen troops take a shell’s direct hit –
Bullets and barbed wire that tear men to bits.
Now the life of a soldier looks different to me
I don’t play the hero, just try to exist.
When I close my eyes I see all the old places –
The great carriage works stretching out Stratford way,
And half of my friends there, I see their tired faces
As they come through the gates at the end of the day.
The places we walked, the tow-path, the track –
Half of me wishes that I could be back there,
But there’s no use wishing what simply can’t happen,
I’m here till it’s over, and done come what may.
credits
from A Bob A Bloody Day,
released August 17, 2019
Words & music: Paul Clark
Kevin Adams: piano, mandola
Paul Clark: guitar, lead vocal
Recorded in 2009 by Kevin Adams; originally issued on All That’s Changed Volumes 2
Words & music: Paul Clark
Kevin Adams: piano, mandola
Paul Clark: guitar, lead vocal
Recorded in 2009 by Kevin Adams; originally issued on All That’s Changed Volumes 2
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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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