The day they had a party Right out in the street Flags and flowers and singing For the homecome hero's treat I sat in the kitchen Without a fire on the range I knew this house had lost the cause To ever make me warm again Come back to me Days are all too long Come back to me You never should have gone I was so young and full of pride And you were wild and strong I never knew how weak I was I watched them gather round him When he stepped down from the car While tears fell on my cigarette He handed out cigars I have your child inside me But you will never know I never will forget you While I watch that child grow Come back to me Days are all too long Come back to me You never should have gone I was so young and full of pride And you were wild and strong I never knew how weak I was I was so young and full of pride (I never, I never, I never…) I will always be here Fading by the day I will wash the bloody hands And cast the bowl away As the years hang on me You will always be young And one day I will lie down Where the rose was flung Come back to me Days are all too long Come back to me You never should have gone I was so young and full of pride And you were wild and strong I never knew how weak I was
Ahh... the sequel to Where The Rose Is Sown. The soldier sweetheart that never comes home, leaving her behind with a child. The "rose" is the flower of a generation, lost to war. ♥️❤❤
Their own style. Yep, the music press hated them, the crowds love them. Thanks for this series of reviews, seeing them again soon for the first time since COVID and your reviews have really got me hungry for it.
Hello again Matt This is written from the point of view of a young grieving war widow. Our area of Fife has an awful lot of young men joining the military so stories of the losses and horrors of war are everywhere and we all know several people in the services, so it is a repeated theme throughout Stuart's work.
I have your child inside me that you will never know I never will forget you as I watch that child grow Ouch, right? The guitar from the beginning until the final breakdown sounding like an alarm over what is otherwise a soft sad lament... a woman mourning a man's death at the hands of war, watching other soldiers come home.
To me thr milkitary drums and its position on thr album makes me feelnit was a woman whoose partner went off to war and disnt come home. Thr woman is watching a neighbours husbnd come home as a hero and she is sad and saying she will never forget her lover as their child grows up. Again an anti war song fullnodlf sadness and regret
The day they had a party
Right out in the street
Flags and flowers and singing
For the homecome hero's treat
I sat in the kitchen
Without a fire on the range
I knew this house had lost the cause
To ever make me warm again
Come back to me
Days are all too long
Come back to me
You never should have gone
I was so young and full of pride
And you were wild and strong
I never knew how weak I was
I watched them gather round him
When he stepped down from the car
While tears fell on my cigarette
He handed out cigars
I have your child inside me
But you will never know
I never will forget you
While I watch that child grow
Come back to me
Days are all too long
Come back to me
You never should have gone
I was so young and full of pride
And you were wild and strong
I never knew how weak I was
I was so young and full of pride
(I never, I never, I never…)
I will always be here
Fading by the day
I will wash the bloody hands
And cast the bowl away
As the years hang on me
You will always be young
And one day I will lie down
Where the rose was flung
Come back to me
Days are all too long
Come back to me
You never should have gone
I was so young and full of pride
And you were wild and strong
I never knew how weak I was
Ahh... the sequel to Where The Rose Is Sown. The soldier sweetheart that never comes home, leaving her behind with a child. The "rose" is the flower of a generation, lost to war. ♥️❤❤
Their own style. Yep, the music press hated them, the crowds love them.
Thanks for this series of reviews, seeing them again soon for the first time since COVID and your reviews have really got me hungry for it.
Hello again Matt
This is written from the point of view of a young grieving war widow. Our area of Fife has an awful lot of young men joining the military so stories of the losses and horrors of war are everywhere and we all know several people in the services, so it is a repeated theme throughout Stuart's work.
I have your child inside me that you will never know
I never will forget you as I watch that child grow
Ouch, right?
The guitar from the beginning until the final breakdown sounding like an alarm over what is otherwise a soft sad lament... a woman mourning a man's death at the hands of war, watching other soldiers come home.
It's a beautifully wistful song. Stuart always captured the spirit of melancholy perfectly.
To me thr milkitary drums and its position on thr album makes me feelnit was a woman whoose partner went off to war and disnt come home. Thr woman is watching a neighbours husbnd come home as a hero and she is sad and saying she will never forget her lover as their child grows up. Again an anti war song fullnodlf sadness and regret
The narrative is from a man, who as a child, his father went to war and how the child grew up without his father.
I think this is the point of view of someone seeing a returning war hero, but the one they love is not coming back.
I love Big Country but i used to always skip past this one . Always felt like it was a bit of a dirge . lol