Why are there no comments on this song? Why is this the only Eric Bogle song on here? Bloody hell, this is one of the most powerful war songs ever written!
"And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay, I looked at the place where me legs used to be,
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me,
to grieve, to mourn, and to pity."
If this line doesn't strike emotion in it, I don't know what will. The idea that these blokes went through all this and came back to an empty dock. The war took everything away from them, and in return they get nothing more than a parade once a year...
Why are there no comments on this song? Why is this the only Eric Bogle song on here? Bloody hell, this is one of the most powerful war songs ever written!
"And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay, I looked at the place where me legs used to be, And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me, to grieve, to mourn, and to pity."
If this line doesn't strike emotion in it, I don't know what will. The idea that these blokes went through all this and came back to an empty dock. The war took everything away from them, and in return they get nothing more than a parade once a year...