-my Friend the Enemy-
WOULD YOU HAVE SHOT ME
MY FRIEND, IF NOT FOR THAT WAR
WOULD WE ENEMIES THEN HAVE BEEN
I BLAME YOU NOT AT ALL MY FRIEND
FOR IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME
THAT SHOT YOU INSTEAD
WAR IS CRUEL, MY FRIEND
THE BLAME IS NOT ON YOU
IT'S OUR COUNTRIES CAUSES
THAT CONSCRIPTS YOU AND ME
TO FIGHT SOMETIMES NO MATTER HOW UNJUST
IN WARS THAT MAKE YOU AND ME, ENEMIES
WHEN IN ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME
WE COULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS, MY FOE
IT'S MY COUNTRY THAT SHOT ME DOWN
NOT YOU, MY FRIEND, THE ENEMY
THAT MY COUNTRY MADE OF YOU AND ME
REMEMBER, YOU ARE BLAMELESS, MY FRIEND, THE ENEMY.
Copyright © Christopher Stopford | Year Posted 2012
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