Friday, June 15, 2007

ERIC BOGLE'S ANTI-WAR SONG ' NO MAN'S LAND ' AKA 'GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE '

Anyway here is another great anti-war song by Eric Bogle which sums up the madness & carnage of WWI...

GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE ( originally titled NO MAN's LAND ) performed by Dropkick Murphys
also written by Eric Bogle 1976 which he wrote he says " after a short and very sobering tour round one of the vast military cemeteries in Northern France. There were a lot of Willie McBrides buried there... & he says it is " A song about the waste and futility of war. Pure and simple." He now maintains a website for those interested which includes the lyrics of this song & others he has written...
Eric Bogle Website.www.ericbogle.net/




ZOMBIE by Cranberries From: penkon at YouTube



Lyrics for ZOMBIE

Another head hangs lowly,
Child is slowly taken.
And the violence caused such silence,
Who are we mistaken?

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.
In your head, in your head they are fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are crying...

In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou...

Another mother's breakin',
Heart is taking over.
When the vi'lence causes silence,
We must be mistaken.

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen.
In your head, in your head they're still fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are dying...

In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a...

Take care,
GORD.

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