It is out of war dead soldiers that war heroes are made
But they do not march in the street war parade
And though from memory the living patriots do not allow them to fade
They do not hear the bugle when The Last Post for them is played
Though ageing the war deserter from his homeland far away
Is one of the happily living today
He will die as a coward many of him do say
And for him there will never be a hooray
And though he is not one the praises of the patriots will sing
In choosing life over death did he do the wrong thing?
For becoming a war hero he did not wish to die brave
It is for the love of life he will go to his grave
An octogenarian living with his long term wife
He is one who is not unhappy in his life
Though many may blame him for what to them is the wrong thing he has done
In living he helped to give life to a daughter and son.
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