HOPE

by David G Dickenson

NEXT TIME YOU LOOK IN THE PAPERS LOOK FOR THE BIT ABOUT WAR
THE BIT THAT TELLS US WE ARE WINNING THIS SHIVERS ME RIGHT TO THE CORE
THAT HELL IN THE HEAT CALLED AFGHANISTAN THIS DUST RIDDEN DEVIL TO DEFEND
IF OUR LADS KEEP ON GETTING MURDERED WE WONT HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO SEND
A FRUITLESS QUEST IN THE DESERT TO KEEP THE FACTIONS APART
THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING OUT THERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS ITS NOW BECOMING AN ART
THE TALIBAN LAYS DOWN THE GROUND RULES THAT'S CLEAR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
SO THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION IN QUESTION IS THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA DO ANY WINNING
SO LETS GET ROUND THE TABLE AND HAMMER OUT A JUSTIFIABLE TRUCE
WE CANT WIN WITH THIS SITUATION KEEP ON FIGHTING IS SIMPLY NO USE
SURE, YOU CAN QUITE UNDERSTAND THE FEELING AT HAND WHEN THE ALIEN DESCENDS ON YOUR LAND
YOU WILL PICK UP THE GUN STAND DEFIANT OR RUN OR DIE IN THE SUN AND THE SAND
THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR SO THE WORLD CAN ADHERE TO THIS FUTILITY FOUGHT WITHOUT BLAME
IF IT DOESN'T STOP SOON IT WILL ONLY BALLOON WE WILL ONLY GET MORE OF THE SAME
SO, LETS GIVE A CHEER TO THESE MEN WE ENDEAR WHO KEEP THIS WORLD SAFE FAR AWAY
FOR THERE MIGHT COME A TIME WHEN WE CAN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE AND KEEP OUR FRONTIERS AT BAY.