1916 [Explicit]
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โฑ๏ธ 3:36 duration
๐ ID: 16691935
๐ Lyrics
16 years old
When I went to the war
To fight for a land fit for heroes
God on my side
And a gun in my hand
Chasing my days down to zero
And I marched
And I fought
And I bled
And I died
And I never did get
Any older
But I knew at the time
That a year in the line
Was a long enough life
For a soldier
We all volunteered
And we wrote down our names
And we added two years to our ages
Eager for life
And ahead of the game
Ready for history's pages
And we brawled
And we fought
And we whorled 'til we stood
Ten thousand shoulder to shoulder
A thirst for the Hun
We were food for the gun
And that's what you are
When you are soldiers
I heard my friend cry
And he sank to his knees
Coughing blood as he screamed
For his mother
And I fell by his side
And that's how we died
Clinging like kids to each other
And I lay in the mud
And the guts and the blood
And I wept as his body grew colder
And I called for my mother
And she never came
Though it wasn't my fault
And I wasn't to blame
And the day's not half over
And ten thousand slain
And now there's nobody
Remembers our names
And that's how it is for a soldier
When I went to the war
To fight for a land fit for heroes
God on my side
And a gun in my hand
Chasing my days down to zero
And I marched
And I fought
And I bled
And I died
And I never did get
Any older
But I knew at the time
That a year in the line
Was a long enough life
For a soldier
We all volunteered
And we wrote down our names
And we added two years to our ages
Eager for life
And ahead of the game
Ready for history's pages
And we brawled
And we fought
And we whorled 'til we stood
Ten thousand shoulder to shoulder
A thirst for the Hun
We were food for the gun
And that's what you are
When you are soldiers
I heard my friend cry
And he sank to his knees
Coughing blood as he screamed
For his mother
And I fell by his side
And that's how we died
Clinging like kids to each other
And I lay in the mud
And the guts and the blood
And I wept as his body grew colder
And I called for my mother
And she never came
Though it wasn't my fault
And I wasn't to blame
And the day's not half over
And ten thousand slain
And now there's nobody
Remembers our names
And that's how it is for a soldier
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:11.46] 16 years old
[00:13.60] When I went to the war
[00:16.39] To fight for a land fit for heroes
[00:22.26] God on my side
[00:24.68] And a gun in my hand
[00:27.67] Chasing my days down to zero
[00:33.02] And I marched
[00:34.22] And I fought
[00:35.77] And I bled
[00:37.16] And I died
[00:38.44] And I never did get
[00:41.16] Any older
[00:44.21] But I knew at the time
[00:47.16] That a year in the line
[00:49.88] Was a long enough life
[00:52.56] For a soldier
[00:55.40]
[01:03.95] We all volunteered
[01:06.53] And we wrote down our names
[01:09.04] And we added two years to our ages
[01:14.81] Eager for life
[01:17.58] And ahead of the game
[01:20.54] Ready for history's pages
[01:25.79] And we brawled
[01:27.23] And we fought
[01:28.38] And we whorled 'til we stood
[01:31.31] Ten thousand shoulder to shoulder
[01:36.86] A thirst for the Hun
[01:39.55] We were food for the gun
[01:42.16] And that's what you are
[01:45.02] When you are soldiers
[01:47.99]
[02:21.75] I heard my friend cry
[02:23.83] And he sank to his knees
[02:26.72] Coughing blood as he screamed
[02:29.34] For his mother
[02:32.20] And I fell by his side
[02:35.11] And that's how we died
[02:37.81] Clinging like kids to each other
[02:42.92] And I lay in the mud
[02:45.73] And the guts and the blood
[02:48.99] And I wept as his body grew colder
[02:54.28] And I called for my mother
[02:57.17] And she never came
[03:00.15] Though it wasn't my fault
[03:02.80] And I wasn't to blame
[03:05.63] And the day's not half over
[03:08.44] And ten thousand slain
[03:11.16] And now there's nobody
[03:14.09] Remembers our names
[03:17.30]
[03:19.58] And that's how it is for a soldier
[03:24.45]
[00:13.60] When I went to the war
[00:16.39] To fight for a land fit for heroes
[00:22.26] God on my side
[00:24.68] And a gun in my hand
[00:27.67] Chasing my days down to zero
[00:33.02] And I marched
[00:34.22] And I fought
[00:35.77] And I bled
[00:37.16] And I died
[00:38.44] And I never did get
[00:41.16] Any older
[00:44.21] But I knew at the time
[00:47.16] That a year in the line
[00:49.88] Was a long enough life
[00:52.56] For a soldier
[00:55.40]
[01:03.95] We all volunteered
[01:06.53] And we wrote down our names
[01:09.04] And we added two years to our ages
[01:14.81] Eager for life
[01:17.58] And ahead of the game
[01:20.54] Ready for history's pages
[01:25.79] And we brawled
[01:27.23] And we fought
[01:28.38] And we whorled 'til we stood
[01:31.31] Ten thousand shoulder to shoulder
[01:36.86] A thirst for the Hun
[01:39.55] We were food for the gun
[01:42.16] And that's what you are
[01:45.02] When you are soldiers
[01:47.99]
[02:21.75] I heard my friend cry
[02:23.83] And he sank to his knees
[02:26.72] Coughing blood as he screamed
[02:29.34] For his mother
[02:32.20] And I fell by his side
[02:35.11] And that's how we died
[02:37.81] Clinging like kids to each other
[02:42.92] And I lay in the mud
[02:45.73] And the guts and the blood
[02:48.99] And I wept as his body grew colder
[02:54.28] And I called for my mother
[02:57.17] And she never came
[03:00.15] Though it wasn't my fault
[03:02.80] And I wasn't to blame
[03:05.63] And the day's not half over
[03:08.44] And ten thousand slain
[03:11.16] And now there's nobody
[03:14.09] Remembers our names
[03:17.30]
[03:19.58] And that's how it is for a soldier
[03:24.45]