The colonel said "These bodies stink 
Won't someone come and drag them away?" 
We try to clean them up but they mow us down 
And the English colonel looks the other way 

Well the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak 
Well I ran for the trench but I had no time to speak 
Well my heart said yes but my head said no 
When the English colonel said "it's time to go" 

He said "What's a few men?" 
He said "What's a few men?" 
He said "What's a few men?" 

The colonel's job is never done 
So he declares timeout on Christmas Day 
We held the enemy in our arms 
And we ploughed each others dead into the clay 

Oh the Lord said death will be no longer 
And all of these things will pass away 
There will be no sorrow and there will be no pain 
And we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas Day

[All the loved ones down upon their knees 
When the English colonel said it's time to leave]
Well my heart said yes but my head said no 
When the English colonel said "it's time to go" 

He said "What's a few men?" 
He said "What's a few men?" 
He said "What's a few men?" 

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