Never Returned

He dropped outta school when he was 16

He said: "mum and dad I'm gonna be a Royalmarine"

So he went down to the AFCO

And signed his name to the Queens payroll

Basic training went down in the breeze

Didn't break a sweat, he passed it with ease

A lot dropped out but not our boy

Next thing he knows, he is on foreign soil

Shoved to the front with a gun in his hand

The boy that went out came back a different man

His eyes once bright, now seem dull

I don't know what he saw, coz he never told

For six month at a time he's on the front line

Then back home again to see his family and friends

But time moves quick and he's off again

That's the last time he ll see them

Was it worth all the broken hearts?

Fighting wars that ain't even ours?

Believe me or not but he did come back

In the wooden box drapped in Union Jack...

DONT KNOW WHAT HE SAW

HE NEVER SAID A WORD

COZ THAT BOY THAT WENT AWAY NEVER RETURNED...