Almost Anzac Day

Sun is coming up

Sky's turning red

Flags are flying half-mast

In honour of the dead

Bugler's standing mute

Waiting to play

Someone taps my shoulder and says

Are you okay?

It's almost Anzac Day

It breaks your heart

It takes your air

It strips you naked

It's the scars you wear

Calling all the fallen

It's almost Anzac Day

Lest we forget

It's the Anzac way

Gallipoli, Tobruk, Long Tan, Afghanistan

It's almost Anzac Day

It's almost Anzac Day

I was raised a country boy

Cattle and cane

Fought the war on terror

Then they put me on a plane

Came back in pieces

None of us the same

Every night I'm drowning

In the blood of Baghdad rain

It's almost Anzac Day

It breaks your heart

It takes your air

It strips you naked

It's the scars you wear

Calling all the fallen

It's almost Anzac Day

Lest we forget

It's the Anzac way

Gallipoli, Tobruk, Long Tan, Afghanistan

It's almost Anzac Day

It's almost Anzac Day

And if we meet

Don't turn away

Look me in the eye

Together, we can say

It's almost Anzac Day

It's almost Anzac Day