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Land Fit For Heroes

from The Past Won't Last Forever EP by Joe Solo

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Chorus:
Bring us that 'Land Fit For Heroes' you promised
I was raised to think breaking a promise was wrong
So bring us that 'Land Fit For Heroes' you promised
For until then the fight goes on

I'll be proud of this country
The day it remembers
It wasn't just Englishmen
Died at my side
There were colours and creeds
From all over the world there
I loved them as brothers
And recall them with pride

Chorus

I'll be proud of this country
The day it remembers
It sent us to die
In a war to end wars
So each bomb you drop
And each bullet you fire now
Dishonours our name
And brings shame upon yours

Chorus

I'll be proud of this country
The day it remembers
A land is its people
Not a palace and Crown
And you may 'Remember Them'
Every November
But each day their ghosts
Walk the streets of this town
They're now empty chairs
At the head of a table
They're bicycles rusting
Away in a shed
They're echoes of laughter
In long-silent hallways
These are the ghosts
Of your 'Glorious Dead'

Chorus

Bring us the Land Fit For Heroes you promised
Or it weren't for freedom we died after all
Cos I fought for that Land Fit For Heroes you promised
Not to buy Lady Muck a new mask for the ball....

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from The Past Won't Last Forever EP, released November 26, 2018
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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry. ... more

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