Name: For God And Country
Channel: Claudio Barberi/Graham Henderson
Description: "For God And Country" is a song by Graham Henderson And Friends. The second one by Claudio Barberi and myself, with Claudio doing the music and sing of my words. No such thing as a pretty war. Graham

For God And Country

Graham Henderson And Friends

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The second one by Claudio Barberi and myself, with Claudio doing the music and sing of my words. No such thing as a pretty war. Graham

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Graham Henderson And Friends

A wide variety of music styles, governed by what we are trying for in any given collaboration. Or how an artist applies their feel to any song

This is my page for all collaborations, and for songs recorded or demoed and/or done live by other people. Be they collabs or all my own work. Basically a lyricist, it is some surprise to me that I now also write music to other's lyrics. A nice surprise. Makes me think I have actually learnt something.

Song Info

Genre

World • World Fusion

Charts

Peak #343

Peak in subgenre #42

Author

Claudio Barberi/Graham Henderson

Rights

Claudio Braberi/Graham Henderson APRA

Uploaded

May 23, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 6.7 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Lyrics

For God And Country
© Copyright APRA Graham Henderson 2004 
Off to war you go, for God and country.
To fight for all, you’re told is right.
What ever that may be.
Left right left, off to a foreign shore.
In the name of liberty.
Once more.

You’re the saviour of democracy.
And if you have kill to bring that to be.
You’ll do so willingly.
In the name of God and Country.

But who will save you from yourself.
As you re-live the hell.
Of knowing that wrongs were done.
In the name of God and country.

Wrong is never right.
And can’t be denied.
In the horror that comes cantering in.
Night after night.

As a soldier, you may claim.
You only did.
What you were told, you had to do.
Just following orders.
That’s what a soldier’s trained to do.
You’re a servant to the uniform.
A number not a name.
So for any wrong you do.
You can’t be held to blame.

But it’s not the same on civvy-street.
If you make it through.
Your orders come from within.
From your conscience, straight to you
How will you justify.
The sins you will re-live.
And won’t ever forgive yourself for.
Because you went off to war.

Wrong is never right.
And can’t be justified, or denied.
In the horror that comes cantering in.
Night after night.
Even for God and country.

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