It was the day that war broke out

Everyone seemed exited

While young men boasted

And talked of great times

Dark clouds gathered

On the Maginot line



Sisters and fathers

Brothers and sons

All said goodbye

It seemes so much fun

We'll be finished by Christmas

Back home by the fire

Perish the distance

The bombs and the wire



Don't wake the lion



There's a firework show tonight

Eveyone's been invited

There's mud on faces

With frightened white eyes

And some won't make it

Throught the thunderous noise



Powerfull and angry

Answer the guns

All through the night

Relief never comes

It's criminal deception

Sets man against man

Indicting reflection

A devious plan



Don't wake the lion



Here what there saying

Come the freeze

You'd better hold on tight

And while your praying

On your knees

Prepare to stand and fight



Someone keeps saying

It's written in a book

So keep yourself in line

But you're betraying

With every nervous look

That now it's killing time



And from the morning to the night

We tried

They said it all would turn out right

They lied



Too old to die young

Too big to cry

Too old to die young

To say goodbye



Above the raging evening sky

Will never be the same

While necks are straining

Those hidden eyes

Shoot out another flame



And from the morning to the night

We try

They said it all would turn out right

But they lied

Yes they lied



Too old to die young

Too big to cry

Too old to die young

To say goodbye -aca