Mentioned in Despatches
๐ต 876 characters
โฑ๏ธ 3:18 duration
๐ ID: 15862385
๐ Lyrics
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals to his sad parents
Just sent a letter telling them their son had died
Killed by a bullet, now every night his mother cries
He was only eighteen when he joined the army
It wasn't patriotic pride
It was the only job that he could find
Four months later, he's in the Falkland Islands
A boy with a gun and a hand grenade
He's cold, homesick and frightened
The army sent condolences
The army sent a wreath
They said they all felt proud of him
They sent his ashes back in a tin
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals, no mentions in dispatches
He's soon forgotten like so many others
He won no medals, no mentions in dispatches
The government sent a letter saying they were proud
The government sent a letter thanking his sad parents
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals to his sad parents
They sent no medals to his sad parents
Just sent a letter telling them their son had died
Killed by a bullet, now every night his mother cries
He was only eighteen when he joined the army
It wasn't patriotic pride
It was the only job that he could find
Four months later, he's in the Falkland Islands
A boy with a gun and a hand grenade
He's cold, homesick and frightened
The army sent condolences
The army sent a wreath
They said they all felt proud of him
They sent his ashes back in a tin
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals, no mentions in dispatches
He's soon forgotten like so many others
He won no medals, no mentions in dispatches
The government sent a letter saying they were proud
The government sent a letter thanking his sad parents
He got no ribbons, no decorations
They sent no medals to his sad parents
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:17.67] He got no ribbons, no decorations
[00:21.99] They sent no medals to his sad parents
[00:26.24] Just sent a letter telling them their son had died
[00:30.60] Killed by a bullet, now every night his mother cries
[00:36.11]
[00:43.61] He was only eighteen when he joined the army
[00:48.70]
[00:52.29] It wasn't patriotic pride
[00:56.11] It was the only job that he could find
[01:00.92] Four months later, he's in the Falkland Islands
[01:04.00] A boy with a gun and a hand grenade
[01:06.83] He's cold, homesick and frightened
[01:10.63]
[01:17.75] The army sent condolences
[01:19.90] The army sent a wreath
[01:20.82] They said they all felt proud of him
[01:26.82] They sent his ashes back in a tin
[01:30.38]
[01:35.45] He got no ribbons, no decorations
[01:39.62] They sent no medals, no mentions in dispatches
[01:44.74]
[01:52.86] He's soon forgotten like so many others
[01:57.00] He won no medals, no mentions in dispatches
[02:02.36]
[02:09.69] The government sent a letter saying they were proud
[02:14.05] The government sent a letter thanking his sad parents
[02:19.47]
[02:27.38] He got no ribbons, no decorations
[02:31.69] They sent no medals to his sad parents
[02:35.25]
[00:21.99] They sent no medals to his sad parents
[00:26.24] Just sent a letter telling them their son had died
[00:30.60] Killed by a bullet, now every night his mother cries
[00:36.11]
[00:43.61] He was only eighteen when he joined the army
[00:48.70]
[00:52.29] It wasn't patriotic pride
[00:56.11] It was the only job that he could find
[01:00.92] Four months later, he's in the Falkland Islands
[01:04.00] A boy with a gun and a hand grenade
[01:06.83] He's cold, homesick and frightened
[01:10.63]
[01:17.75] The army sent condolences
[01:19.90] The army sent a wreath
[01:20.82] They said they all felt proud of him
[01:26.82] They sent his ashes back in a tin
[01:30.38]
[01:35.45] He got no ribbons, no decorations
[01:39.62] They sent no medals, no mentions in dispatches
[01:44.74]
[01:52.86] He's soon forgotten like so many others
[01:57.00] He won no medals, no mentions in dispatches
[02:02.36]
[02:09.69] The government sent a letter saying they were proud
[02:14.05] The government sent a letter thanking his sad parents
[02:19.47]
[02:27.38] He got no ribbons, no decorations
[02:31.69] They sent no medals to his sad parents
[02:35.25]