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A soldier's life is hard to bear

Can't worry about the future

Enemy troops are charging there

That's why he can't salute you

Got to think about an army of one

Cause if it's gonna last

Gotta pick up his feet and run

Or get shelter from the blast

But if he doesn't get away from here

He might lose his life today

On the battlefield, battlefield

The mud runs red

On the battlefield, battlefield

We'll count the dead

Encased in a tomb where filth sinks deep

Beneath the smoking land

If his aching heart could speak

His cries would wake the dead

But if he doesn't get away from here

He might lose his life today

Chorus:

On the battlefield, battlefield

The mud runs red

On the battlefield, battlefield

You'll lose you head

On the battlefield, battlefield

We'll count the dead

On the battlefield, battlefield

Mud runs red

Through the gloom, there's a hand

Watch him stand through the night

On the battlefield in the dead of the night

He might lose his life

He might die tonight

On the battlefield

He might lose his life

He might die tonight

Encased in a tomb where filth sinks deep

Beneath the smoking land

If his aching heart could speak

His cries would wake the dead

But if he doesn't get away from here

He might lose his life today

Repeat Chorus