Common Ground Lyrics by Iq
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Here we areAlive and freeFar away in time from our darkest dayThat took our young and braveFrom the cradle to the grave70 years ago on July one 1916 on the SommeThe enemies had never seen fighting like this beforeSuch a simple plan--How could any german mansurvive through that ordeal?Company 'A' to Company 'B'"Morale is high here, sir, but I don't think it's safe to go"Company 'A' from Company 'B'"Mister you have your orders and you must obey"So the first line rose, and the first line fellAnd a poet who survived later wrote aboutA "Sunlit vision of Hell"And "Larks singing"Because after all it's just another summer's day in FranceAnd the Tommies on the Somme sang"We are fighting to turn no-man's land into a common ground"A common ground
Here we areAlive and freeFar away in time from our darkest dayThat took our young and braveFrom the cradle to the grave70 years ago on July one 1916 on the SommeThe enemies had never seen fighting like this beforeSuch a simple plan--How could any german mansurvive through that ordeal?Company 'A' to Company 'B'"Morale is high here, sir, but I don't think it's safe to go"Company 'A' from Company 'B'"Mister you have your orders and you must obey"So the first line rose, and the first line fellAnd a poet who survived later wrote aboutA "Sunlit vision of Hell"And "Larks singing"Because after all it's just another summer's day in FranceAnd the Tommies on the Somme sang"We are fighting to turn no-man's land into a common ground"A common ground