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The Soldier Lyrics — PJ Harvey | Dork

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The Soldier Lyrics

Lyrics

The Soldier

From A Woman a Man Walked By2009

Written by John Parish, PJ Harvey

Produced by Flood, John Parish, PJ Harvey

Lyrics

The Soldier

[Verse 1] I imagine a dream in which I'm a soldier And I'm walking on the faces of dead women And everyone I've left behind me It's the year when the troops entered The thirty-ninth, thirty-ninth parallel [Chorus] Send me home restless Send me home damaged And wanting [Verse 2] It's the year when some poet said "We must live, or accept the consequences" I want you to share every pinprick of guilt That I have felt, that I have felt [Chorus] Send me home restless Send me home damaged Some me home dispossessed Send me home damaged And wanting

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About this track

"The Soldier" is a song by PJ Harvey from the album A Woman a Man Walked By, released in 2009. The song was written by John Parish, PJ Harvey. It was produced by Flood, John Parish, PJ Harvey.

PJ Harvey profile →A Woman a Man Walked By album →Track profile →

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John Parish— 618 credits as songwriter & producer →
PJ Harvey— 827 credits as songwriter & producer →
John Dent— 172 credits as mastering engineer →
Flood— 1,063 credits as songwriter & producer →
Flood— 1,063 credits as songwriter & producer →
John Parish— 618 credits as songwriter & producer →
PJ Harvey— 827 credits as songwriter & producer →

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