The Sad and Silent Song of a Soldier — текст песни (Phil Ochs)

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And the flag draped coffins are a sailin` home
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And the waves are watching as the engine drones
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As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan 
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The sad and silent song of a soldier

With a hero`s greeting we will welcome him,
With  hero`s speeches we will honor him,
With a hero`s ending we will bury him,
That`s the sad and silent song of a soldier.

And comfort his family with a telegram,
We regret to inform you we have lost a man,
But we gave him the highest medal of the land,
That`s the sad and silent song of a soldier.

We know what an awful price he had to pay,
But the enemy was contained for another day,
We trained him well, but he would have wanted it that way,
That`s the sad and silent song of a soldier.

Oh, the weary wounded they wait by his side,
Wondering why they hadn`t also died,
the picture of victory on its pride,
That`s the sad and silent song of a soldier.

And the flag is at half mast wet with foreign rain,
Ignored by the stranger he had helped to train,
To him it was his duty to them again,
That`s the sad and silent song of a soldier.

At Arlington he`s lowered down without a pause,
And his native land welcomes him with open jaws,
And the tombstone reads such a noble cause,
That`s the sad and silent song of a soldier.

Now a moment of silence for the broken man,
While the president proudly crows "we`ll never bend",
And cheers their replacements marching off again,
That`s the sad and silent song of a soldier.

And the flag draped coffins are a sailin` home,
And the waves are a watchin` as the engines drone,
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
The sad and silent song of a soldier.