No Man's Land - Eric Burdon, Tony Carey, Anne Haigis

He was my brother born the day I left

He took the mother lode and I took the rest

He was a fighter, he was always in control

He kept a candle burning way down in his soul

Shots fired in anger and a widow cries alone

Just one more mother’s son who won’t be coming home

They speak in whispers there are riders to the east

The blind man says mister bring a bottle and a priest

That’s the way it always goes

That’s the way it’s always been

Who you are or what you know

You’re like a feather in the wind

Let the river wash you away

Reach the river if you can

Past the blue and past the grey

All the way, all the way

All the way to no man’s land

There was no shelter there was nowhere left to run

They came like eagles screaming down out of the sun

I heard the whistle sound the engine pulled away

I saw my brother down and I left him where he lay

Some fight for honor there are those that fight for gold

Some die believing all the fairy tales they’re told

There are no heroes and there is no marching bang

There are no miracles down here in no man’s land

That’s the way it always goes

That’s the way it’s always been

Who you are or what you know

You’re like a feather in the wind

Let the river wash you away

Reach the river if you can

Past the blue and past the grey

All the way, all the way

All the way to no man’s land

(let the river wash away)

(let the river wash away)

That’s the way it always goes

That’s the way it’s always been

Who you are or what you know

You’re like a feather in the wind

Let the river wash you away

Reach the river if you can

Past the blue and past the grey

All the way, all the way

All the way to no man’s land

(let the river wash away) let the river wash away

(let the river wash away) let the river wash away

(let the river wash away) let the river wash away

Let the river wash away

Let the river wash away