Oh I was born your only son

And I will think of you before this day is done

The fires of hell surround me now

So I must fight for freedom

Against their raging guns



In all my life I never said how much I love you

In all this time I never really said I cared



This war is wrong and so I write these words

Before I give my life to the Somme



In all my life I never said how much I love you

In all this time I never really knew you



The fires of hell surround me oh oh

The guns of hell will take my breath away

From my life this day

The fires of hell surround me oh oh

The words I say must never disappear

Keep them locked inside your heart



I can hear the piper's song

And it will play for me before this day is done

So I will hold my head up high

If I must give my life to stop their raging guns



In all my life I never said how much I love you

In all this time I never really knew you



The fires of hell surround me oh oh

The guns of hell will take my breath away

From my life this day

The fires of hell surround me oh oh

The words I say must never disappear

Keep them locked inside your heart



Oh I was born your only son

And I thank God for that and that that

Will be done