The Gander

And the boys chase the gander
Out of time and far from home
And the boys chase the gander
In the green field (rpt)

They go to school in some strange land
And learn to speak the language
The language of the schoolyard
Rough-and-tumble
They go back to the old folks home
And watch the television
And sometimes it shows battles
Bombs and bloodshed
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At week-ends they are taken out
To Camelot and swimming
Where everyone is laughing
And not fleeing
They wonder when they'll go back home
They saw on television
That now have stopped the battles
Bombs and bloodshed
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They hear their parents talk at night
They know they must go back soon
Men with guns once made them walk
For their safety
And sometimes they have nightmares now
They watch the television
And play like boys from battles
Bombs and bloodshed

And the boys chase the gander
Out of time and far from home
And the boys chase the gander
In the green field (rpt x 3)

2003 © Charlotte Peters Rock

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