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 There are soldiers marching on the common today

 They were there again this evening

 They paced up and down like sea birds on the ground

Before the storm clouds gathering

 I must buy whatever tinned food is left on the shelves

 They are testing the air raid sirens

 They've filled up the blood banks and emptied the beds

 At the hospital and the asylum

 I saw a man build a shelter in his garden today

 And we stood there idly chatting

 He said: "No, no I don't think war will come"

 Yet still he carried on digging

Everything in my life that I love

 Could be swept away without warning

 Yet the birds still sing and the church bells ring

 And the sun came up this morning

Life goes on as it did before

 As the country drifts slowly to war