Gather courage from the ones beside you   In tattered uniforms of canvas   Waiting for their number to be called   Their eyes fixed straight with hatred   Stand to cry freedom with an arrogant voice   Leave behind you   Exchanging lovers for the rust-red rifle   In your hands clenched tight    And with your bloodshot eyes    Fixed straight with hatred   Stand strong and fix bayonets boys      Here it comes, baby, cover your eyes   Number one of a million goodbyes   Look out, look out      Well I feel no decay   That part of me is gone,    That part of me has left and gone away   And I pray   Off track, you're never coming back to me   For this world, they'll blow it away you see   So come on, stand strong (step back) stand strong   Stand strong and fix bayonets boys      It's another choice, but you can't decide   And this cataclysm is televised, so   Close your doors,    Open up your eyes   They're never coming home   It's a twist that you can't decide inside