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Cowardice.
Sometimes when I think of home
a tear falls from my eye.
Tomorrow at the break of dawn
I say my last goodbye.
Surrounded by these grey white walls.
I finish off my letters.
I hope to clarify my thoughts
and try and make it better.
Oh Mother dear I love you so
and tomorrow there I"ll stand.
Your only Son so far away
I hate this foreign land.
Forgive me please, I did not mean
to find I gave up hope.
The noise of all those shells,
I simply could not cope.
I cannot stress how bad it is,
no words can really tell.
How I ever found myself
living in this hell.
Oh Mother dear I thank you.
Thank you for my life.
I hope I bring no shame
on the Kingdom known as Fife.
I ask not to be judged,
for that comes from above.
The only thing I leave
dear Mother, simply is my love.
But enough can be enough.
I am sorry that I ran,
but I have just discovered
this boy is not a man.
At the beginning of each day.
At the end of every night.
I only did what"s true.
I only did what"s right.
So now it has to end.
There is no need to grieve.
For we shall meet again
in faith I do believe.
Amen.
