Kate Bush - Army Dreamers lyrics

"B.F.P.O.*"

Army dreamers.

"Mammy`s hero."

"B.F.P.O."

"Mammy`s hero."

Our little army boy

Is coming home from B.F.P.O.

I`ve a bunch of purple flowers

To decorate a mammy`s hero.

Mourning in the aerodrome,

The weather warmer, he is colder.

Four men in uniform

To carry home my little soldier.

"What could he do?

Should have been a rock star."

But he didn`t have the money for a guitar.

"What could he do?

Should have been a politician."

But he never had a proper education.

"What could he do?

Should have been a father."

But he never even made it to his twenties.

What a waste --

Army dreamers.

Ooh, what a waste of

Army dreamers.

Tears o`er a tin box.

Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn`t to know,

Like a chicken with a fox,

He couldn`t win the war with ego.

Give the kid the pick of pips,

And give him all your stripes and ribbons.

Now he`s sitting in his hole,

He might as well have buttons and bows.

"What could he do?

Should have been a rock star."

But he didn`t have the money for a guitar.

"What could he do?

Should have been a politician."

But he never had a proper education.

"What could he do?

Should have been a father."

But he never even made it to his twenties.

What a waste --

Army dreamers.

Ooh, what a waste of

Army dreamers.

Ooh, what a waste of all that

Army dreamers,

Army dreamers,

Army dreamers, oh...

("B.F.P.O.")

Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...

Army dreamers.

Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...

("Mammy`s hero.")

("B.F.P.O.")

Army Dreamers.

("Mammy`s hero.")

("B.F.P.O.")

No harm heroes.

("Mammy`s hero.")

("B.F.P.O.")

Army dreamers.

("Mammy`s hero.")

("B.F.P.O.")

No harm heroes.

[*--"B.F.P.O.": British Forces Posted Overseas.]