Tommy's War

Tommy joined up in 1914 Though he was really too young He was just seventeen They gave him a uniform They gave him a gun They sent him to France to fight the Hun Why he was fighting he wasn't sure He was an innocent victim Of a terrible war He stood in a trench in water and mud He watched as his comrades Gave their life blood His friend Johnny Laine stood at his side A snipers bullet hit home And young Johnny died His tunic was splattered with Johnny's blood Tommy's eyes filled with tears As he lay in the mud Tommy looked up to Heaven and angrily swore That never again Would he go to war Just six months later his promise came true As a snipers bullet Pierced him right through As he lay dying on that cruel day This brave young man Was heard to say Johnny I'm coming we'll be together again Far away from the trenches Far away from the rain So Johnny and Tommy are together once more Where no bullets are flying Where there is no war So like Tommy lets swear as he did before Never again Will we go to war