Soldier - Procol Harum

The sky has no end tonight

Clear view beyond the stars

Daylight in the early dawn

There’s no-one left unscarred

Sand is drying up the tears

Burnt shells soaking up the sun

The generals laughing with no fear

Because their work is done

Liquid gold was in their sights

Paid with blood by infantry

Giant statues ripped and torn

All engineered so brilliantly

Back home it’s the Wild West

Children sleeping in their beds

Grown men that passed the test

Now free to go and wed

I’m through with the fighting

All the terror and the pain

I’ve seen the lightning

Felt the thunder and the rain

The silver birds come screaming

Painting blood right through the skies

Still I worry, and I wonder

Wonder why

They tell us it’s OK to kill

They’re just vermin in the sand

Don’t worry 'bout the blood you spill

You’ll be forgiven by God’s hand

The images etched behind their eyes

Will never fade away

Eternal buildings turned to dust

In just one day