Fires of Hell

<br>(the futility of war)<br><br><br><br>Oh, I was born your only son<br><br>And I will think of you<br><br>Before this day is done<br><br><br><br>The fires of hell surround me now<br><br>So I must fight for freedom<br><br>Against their raging guns<br><br><br><br>In all my life I never said<br><br>How much I loved you<br><br>In all this time<br><br>I never really said I cared<br><br><br><br>This war is wrong and so<br><br>I write these words<br><br>Before I give my life to the somme<br><br><br><br>In all my life I never said<br><br>How much I loved you<br><br>In all this time<br><br>I never really knew you<br><br><br><br>The fires of hell surround me, oh<br><br>The guns of hell will<br><br>Take my breath away<br><br>From my life this day<br><br>The fires of hell surround me, oh<br><br>The words I say<br><br>Must never disappear<br><br>Keep them locked inside your heart<br><br><br><br>I can hear the pipers song<br><br>And it will play for me<br><br>Before this day is done<br><br><br><br>So I will hold my head up high<br><br>If I must give my life<br><br>To stop their raging guns<br><br><br><br>Oh, I was born your only son<br><br>And I thank God for that and<br><br>That that will be done