The crowd is looking drowned and a mother in tears   There are flip-flapping flags in the silence   And a national anthem's a blues in these days      Flag him down, rest in peace   What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back   The boys are coming back   When the boys are coming back in coffins      He's live on TV   He's dead as a hero can be   But... he didn't die for nothing, my dear   The video of his death is travelling the world      Flag him down, rest in peace   What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back   The boys are coming back   When the boys are coming back in coffins      Way back in the crowd   A girl says goodbye to a boy   To a boy who's parading to heaven   And she puts all the blame on the government      Flag him down, rest in peace   What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back   The boys are coming back   When the boys are coming back in coffins