[Intro]
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[Verse]
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For our King and our country and the promise of glory
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We came from Kingston and Brighton to fight on the front line
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Just lads from the farms and boys from the cities
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Not meant to be soldiers we lay in the trenches
[Pre-Chorus]
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We'd face the fighting with a smile - or so we said
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If only we had known what danger lay ahead
[Interlude]
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The sky turned to grey as we went into battle
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On the fields of Europe young men were fallin'
[Pre-Chorus]
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I'll be back for you someday - it won't be long
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If I can just hold on 'til this bloody war is over
[Chorus]
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The guns will be silent
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On Remembrance Day
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There'll be no more fighting
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On Remembrance Day
[Interlude]
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By October of '18 Cambrai had fallen
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Soon the war would be over and we'd be returnin'
[Pre-Chorus]
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Don't forget me while I'm gone far away
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Well it won't be long 'til I'm back there in your arms again
[Chorus]
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The guns will be silent
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On Remembrance Day
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There'll be no more fighting
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On Remembrance Day
[Bridge]
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One day soon - I don't know when
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You know we'll all be free and the bells of peace will ring again
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The time will come for you and me
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We'll be goin' home when this bloody war is ended
[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
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The guns will be silent
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On Remembrance Day
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We'll all say a prayer
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On Remembrance Day
[Interlude]
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[Final Chorus]
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On Remembrance Day
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Say a little prayer
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On Remembrance Day
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Well the guns will be silent
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There'll be no more fighting
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Oh we'll lay down our weapons
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On Remembrance Day
[Ending]
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