Not in My Name

We said goodbye at the depot She wore a pack upon her back She was older and we were sadder The girl looked nothing like a military man The girl looked nothing like a military man   I watched the leader’s new speech He wore a suit upon his back Smiling down to six hundred cities Killing thousands with faith alone He was killing thousands with faith alone   When I took the text from a captain Sending back her pack Dear daughter ‘neath the sun Was never, never coming back She was never, never coming back   I sit in the pub by the station A wet mac on my back All those hopes for the nation Left me crying with no plan of attack Left me crying with no plan of attack   Adam found the body of Abel Pain won’t go back in the sack Father outliving each child Another little one never coming back It’s a little one never coming back   I hear her mother in my head Badge and a wedding ring All she said was: Not in my name, not in my name Not in my name, not in my name We said goodbye at the depot She wore a pack on her back We were older and she was sadder The girl looked nothing like a military man I said the girl looked nothing like a military man I watched the leader’s new speech He wore a suit on his back Smiling down to six hundred cities Killing thousands with faith alone He was killing thousands with faith alone When I took the text from a captain Sending back her pack Our dear daughter ‘neath the sun Was never, never coming back She was never, never coming back