Leonard Cohen: Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died Everybody talking to their pockets Everybody wants a box of chocolates And a long-stem rose Everybody knows Everybody knows that you love me baby Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows that you've been faithful Oh, give or take a night or two Everybody knows you've been discreet But there were so many people you just had to meet Without your clothes Everybody knows And everybody knows that it's now or never Everybody knows that it's me or you And everybody knows that you live forever Ah when you've done a line or two Everybody knows the deal is rotten Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton For your ribbons and bows And everybody knows And everybody knows that the Plague is coming Everybody knows that it's moving fast Everybody knows that the naked man and woman Are just a shining artifact of the past Everybody knows the scene is dead But there's gonna be a meter on your bed That will disclose What everybody knows And everybody knows that you're in trouble Everybody knows what you've been through From the bloody cross on top of Calvary To the beach of Malibu Everybody knows it's coming apart Take one last look at this Sacred Heart Before it blows And everybody knows
oh how do you do, young willy mcbride do you mind if i sit here down by your graveside and rest for a while in the warm summer sun i've been walking all day, and im nearly done and i see by your gravestone you were only nineteen when you joined the great fallen in 1916 well i hope you died quick and i hope you died clean oh willy mcbride, was is it slow and obscene did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest and did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind in some loyal heart is your memory enshrined and though you died back in 1916 to that loyal heart you're forever nineteen or are you a stranger without even a name forever enshrined behind some old glass pane in an old photograph torn, tattered, and stained and faded to yellow in a brown leather frame did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest the sun shining down on these green fields of france the warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance the trenches have vanished long under the plow no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing down but here in this graveyard that's still no mans land the countless white crosses in mute witness stand till' man's blind indifference to his fellow man and a whole generation were butchered and damned did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest and i can't help but wonder oh willy mcbride do all those who lie here know why they died did you really believe them when they told you the cause did you really believe that this war would end wars well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame the killing and dying it was all done in vain oh willy mcbride it all happened again and again, and again, and again, and again did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest T
Fantastic choice. Green Fields of France. Probably the Men they Couldn't Hang did my favourite version, but there are many.
I’ve got quite a few on my mind, but I chose this from the Dark Side of the Moon Album as it’s where I took my signature below. I’ve also copied the link from YouTube Us (us, us, us, us) and them (them, them, them, them) And after all we're only ordinary men Me And you (you, you, you) God only knows It's not what we would choose (choose, choose) to do (to do, to do) Forward he cried from the rear And the front rank died And the general sat And the lines on the map Moved from side to side Black (black, black, black) And blue (blue, blue) And who knows which is which and who is who Up (up, up, up, up) And down (down, down, down, down) And in the end it's only round 'n round (round, round, round) Haven't you heard it's a battle of words The poster bearer cried "Listen son", said the man with the gun There's room for you inside "I mean, they're not gonna kill ya So if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock They won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off lightly, 'cause I would've given him a thrashing I only hit him once! It was only a difference of opinion, but really I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they, eh?" Down (down, down, down, down) And out (out, out, out, out) It can't be helped that there's a lot of it about With (with, with, with), without And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? Out of the way It's a busy day I've got things on my mind For the want of the price Of tea and a slice The old man died
Has to be the most prophetic There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza dear Liza There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza a hole Go fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry Go fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it. With what shall I fix it, dear Liza dear Liza With what shall I fix it, dear Liza with what With a straw dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a straw But the straw is too long, dear Liza dear Liza The straw is too long, dear Liza too long Cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry Cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza With what shall I cut it, dear Liza with what With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, with an axe The axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza The axe is too dull, dear Liza too dull Sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry Sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, hone it On what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza dear Liza On what shall I hone it, dear Liza on what On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a stone But the stone is too dry, dear Liza dear Liza The stone is too dry, dear Liza too dry Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza With what shall I wet it, dear Liza with what Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, use water In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza in what In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, in a bucket There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza a hole