The Gunner's Dream

Floating down, through the clouds
 Memories come rushing up to meet me now
 But in the space between the heavens
 And the corner of some foreign field
 I had a dream
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 I had a dream
 
 Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma
 After the service, when you're walking slowly to the car
 And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
 You hear the tolling bell and touch the silk in your lapel
 And as the teardrops rise to meet the comfort of the band
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 You take her frail hand
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 And hold on to the dream
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 A place to stay, enough to eat
 Somewhere, old heroes shuffle safely down the street
 Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
 And what's more, no one ever disappears
 You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door
 You can relax on both sides of the tracks
 And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
 And everyone has recourse to the law
 And no one kills the children anymore
 
 No one kills the children anymore
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 Night after night, going 'round and 'round my brain
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 His dream is driving me insane
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 In the corner of some foreign field
 The gunner sleeps tonight
 What's done is done
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 We cannot just write off his final scene
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 Take heed of the dream
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 Take heed