 January 16, 2015 - 10:06am | Don't want to ruin a perfectly good SF role playing site, and at the risk of boring all who read this, I wanted to post re: this song. This particular song has intrigued me since I was a teen. It was on the flip side of a hit (you're my best friend) and was never played on the radio at the time as far as I know. I came across it again recentlyand saw some of the background on the song and liked the story (or guess I finally understood the story behind the song. I have always been a sucker for a story song and this sad 1 really was something queen never ever tried again. --------- Here is some info from a lyrics discussion page-
LYRICS In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers In the days when lands were few Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn The sweetest sight ever seen. And the night followed day And the story tellers say That the score brave souls inside For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas Never looked back, never feared, never cried. Don't you hear my call though you're many years away Don't you hear me calling you Write your letters in the sand For the day I take your hand In the land that our grandchildren knew. In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue The volunteers came home that day And they bring good news of a world so newly born Though their hearts so heavily weigh For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away But my love this cannot be For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me. Don't you hear my call though you're many years away Don't you hear me calling you Write your letters in the sand For the day I take your hand In the land that our grandchildren knew. Don't you hear my call though you're many years away Don't you hear me calling you All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand For my life Still ahead Pity Me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE8kGMfXaFU |
