Red, White and Blue - Mary Hopkin

Red, white and blue

The men are fighting in the wilderness

Red, white and blue

Don’t help the women in their loneliness

Red, white and blue

What can you tell them, when the children cry

Does it help to know their daddy’s dying

For the red, white and blue

Young boys with their fantasies of glory and reward

And women with their warnings

Whose cries will be unheard, as they say

«We are men and we are strong, and we will fight together»

Oh, but don’t they know the picture show don’t have a happy end

Red, white and blue

The blood is flowing on the battlefield

Red, white and blue

The light is dying with their broken dreams

Red, white and blue

The sky is overcast as war clouds gather

And darkness drains away the colours

From the red, white and blue

Young boys with their fantasies of glory and reward

Who did not heed the women

Whose cries have been ignored, as they say

«We are men and we are strong, and we will fight together»

Oh, but don’t they know the picture show don’t have a happy end

Red, white and blue

It makes no difference in the crazy game

Red, white and blue

You’re just a number and you’ve got no name

Red, white and blue

The battle’s won, your country’s flag is flying

While they cover up your body

With the red, white and blue