I'm not a perfect soldier

I'm not a perfect man

This is not a hero's song

But I'll do the best I can

To stand up to attention

With my back against the wall

To leap from this trench

To heed the battle's call

I give my life for you

I give my life for you

With every drop of blood that's true

I give

My life

For you

They talk to us of causes

How ours is just and strong

But the other side has causes

And they've had them all along

There is no cause in no-man's land

Only comrades in arms

And the mad eyes of the dying

The sky they stare upon

They give their lives for you

They give their lives for you

With every drop of blood that's true

They give

Their lives

For you

On the mangled fields of Flanders

On the Somme

In Passchendaele

We were cut down like wheat

Beneath a deadly flail

Oh you generals and you statesmen

You patriots at home

Hear us as we call to you

Oh come to us oh come

We gave our lives for you

We gave our lives for you

With every drop of blood that's true

We give

Our lives

For you

For you

For you