Sarajevo - The 21 Gun Salute

Time and time again man heads to war
Doesn't spare a thought
For those he shot to the floor
And is a soldier's bravery misplaced
Could he stand and meet
His victims widow face to face
Tell me who gave who the right
To take anybody's life?
And would that man in question
Be prepared himself to die, by the same knife?

A sound like thunder in the distance roars
It's a twenty one gun salute
For all the people who died at war
Here's a twenty one gun salute
And many more will die each day
Though they don't know
What they're fighting for
Never wake again to see the children play
History repeats itself once more
For the twenty one gun salute

And who can look a child in the eye?
And tell them Daddy won't be home
And then explain when they ask, Why?
And who can stop the nightmares
And the pain?
It's just a vicious circle
Going round and round again
And a wreath laid at a monument
Constructed for the dead
Is just an insult
When a war could have been prevented
Through talks instead

A sound like thunder in the distance roars
It's a twenty one gun salute
For all the people who died at war
Here's a twenty one gun salute
And many more will die each day
Though they don't know
What they're fighting for
Never wake again to see the children play
History repeats itself once more
For the twenty one gun salute

A sound like thunder in the distance roars
It's a twenty one gun salute
For all the people who died at war
Here's a twenty one gun salute
And many more will die each day
Though they don't know
What they're fighting for
Never wake again to see the children play
History repeats itself once more
For the twenty one gun salute

Written by:
Peter Billington

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