GRACE UNDER FIRE (Mike Gibbins)
[from In The Meantime CD - recorded 2003 - released U.S. 2003]

Such a long, long way to go
To fight this bloody war
When will they bring me back?
When will they bring me back?

I wanna fly away
I wanna fly away
I wanna fly away
When will they bring me back?

Such a long, long way to go
To fight this bloody war
When will they take me back?
When will they take me back?

I don't wanna cross this line
No, I don't wanna die
No one's in front of me
No one to comfort me

Say, buddy, watch my back
There ain't no turning back
Don't let them bury me
Don't you let them bury me

I don't wanna die in vain
Don't wanna die in pain
Don't wanna die in sha-a-ame
Why won't they take me back?

[instrumental break]

Don't wanna die in vain
Don't wanna die in vain
Don't wanna die in vain
Guess there's no turning back

Such a long, long way to go
To fight this bloody war
When will they take me back?
When will they take me back?

Nobody wants to cry
Nobody wants to die
Somebody take me back
To my homeland

[instrumental break]

I wanna fly away
I wanna fly away
I wanna fly away
When will they bring me back?

Such a long, long way to go
To fight this holy war
When will they take me back?
When will they take me back?

I don't wanna cross this line
No, I don't wanna die
When will they take me back
To my homeland?

When will they take me back
To my homeland?

There's no grace under fire
No grace under fire
No grace under fire
No grace under fire

No grace under fire
No grace under fire
No grace under fire
Grace under fire

[instrumental break]

Grace under fire
No grace under fire
No grace under fire
No grace under fire

[instrumental break]

[guitar solo]

[sound effects of a gun battle]

[penny whistle solo]

transcription by Tom Brennan,
corrections thanks to Ellie Gibbins

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