"You meet an old soldier and talk of the past
He fought for us in two world wars
And says the England he knew is no more"
I've always found these lines a bit heartbreaking (in the middle of a pretty chirpy number). We all have problems with the way the Greatest Generation was treated as they grew elderly.
"You meet an old soldier and talk of the past He fought for us in two world wars And says the England he knew is no more"
I've always found these lines a bit heartbreaking (in the middle of a pretty chirpy number). We all have problems with the way the Greatest Generation was treated as they grew elderly.