Where The Rose Is Sown Lyrics

Big Country Where The Rose Is Sown

for the song "where the rose is sown" by big country:
          we're at war  all the papers say
          we will win  i read today
          we are strong  it wasn't us
           we are right       who started this?
          leave your work   i just left school
          leave your home     i am no fool
          take up arms    it left me strong
          sound alarms     the school bell rings
       sons of men who stand like gods
       we give life to feed the cause
       and run to ground our heathen foe
       our name will never die
       this time will be forever

    join up here        i wave goodbye
    we need you        oh my breast sighs
    have no fear        i must try
    god will be with   braver men
    take the vow        i know its right
    praise the flag     the good fight
    we're at war        i'm on my way
    we will win         why do i pray ?
    i wait here in this hole
    playing poker with my soul
    i hold the rifle close to me
    it lights the way to keep me free

    if i die in a combat zone
    box me up and ship me home
    if i die and still come home
    lay me where the rose is sown
    sons of men who stand like gods
    we give life to feed the cause
    and run to ground our heathen foe
    our name will never die
    this time will be forever
               -from the album "steeltown" by big country
         lyrics written by Stuart Adamson of big countryy