The Soldier's Return

[Verse 1: Andy Bell]

Slow the years go by

They stole your man off to war

Will you see the child

As you sing battle songs?

[Pre-Chorus: Andy Bell]

And it pains me

To think of the soldier's plight

I will pray

For your God to guide you home

[Chorus: Andy Bell]

And she cries for the soldier's return

Despair at feeling alone for so long

By the light of the candle that burns

For his life for the day of the soldier's return

[Verse 2: Andy Bell]

Hear the cannon fire

Lost voices echo in the night

See the spoils of war

Young men are falling, ooh

[Pre-Chorus 2: Andy Bell]

Hear the drummer

Marching over the hill

Love returning

And the graves of the battle lie still

[Chorus: Andy Bell]

And she cries for the soldier's return

Despair at feeling alone for so long

By the light of the candle that burns

For his life for the day of the soldier's return

[Interlude]

[Pre-Chorus 2: Andy Bell]

Hear the drummer

Marching over the hill

Love returning

And the graves of the battle lie still

[Chorus: Andy Bell]

And she cries for the soldier's return

Despair at feeling alone for so long

By the light of the candle that burns

For his life for the day of the soldier's return

[Coda: Andy Bell]

Young men are falling