Lyrics and translation Billy Bragg - Like Solders Do
Blue
eyes
fighting
the
grey
eyes
Des
yeux
bleus
combattant
les
yeux
gris
Fighting
the
tears
Combattant
les
larmes
Armed
to
the
teeth
for
a
war
of
words
Armé
jusqu'aux
dents
pour
une
guerre
de
mots
Reaching
all
the
years
Atteignant
toutes
les
années
I
advanced
across
a
poppy
field
J'ai
avancé
à
travers
un
champ
de
coquelicots
I
saw
the
gleam
as
you
raised
your
shield
J'ai
vu
l'éclat
lorsque
tu
as
levé
ton
bouclier
And
love
screamed
down
with
the
sun
Et
l'amour
a
crié
avec
le
soleil
Behind
its
back
Derrière
son
dos
Our
fathers
were
all
soldiers
Nos
pères
étaient
tous
des
soldats
Shall
we
be
soldiers
too
Serons-nous
des
soldats
aussi
Fighting
and
falling
like
soldiers
do
Combattant
et
tombant
comme
des
soldats
Nothing
is
clear
in
this
Rien
n'est
clair
dans
ce
Tactical
unclear
war
Guerre
tactique
incertaine
I
can't
be
bothered
to
find
out
Je
n'ai
pas
envie
de
savoir
What
were
fighting
for
Pourquoi
on
se
bat
No
one
can
win
this
war
of
the
senses
Personne
ne
peut
gagner
cette
guerre
des
sens
I
see
no
reason
to
drop
my
defenses
Je
ne
vois
aucune
raison
de
baisser
mes
défenses
So
stand
fat
my
emotions
Alors
reste
ferme,
mes
émotions
Rally
round
my
shaking
heart
Rassemble-toi
autour
de
mon
cœur
qui
tremble
Our
fathers
were
all
soldiers
Nos
pères
étaient
tous
des
soldats
Shall
we
be
soldiers
too
Serons-nous
des
soldats
aussi
Fighting
and
falling
like
soldiers
do
Combattant
et
tombant
comme
des
soldats
Blue
eyes
fighting
the
grey
eyes
Des
yeux
bleus
combattant
les
yeux
gris
Fighting
the
tears
Combattant
les
larmes
Armed
to
the
teeth
for
a
war
of
worlds
Armé
jusqu'aux
dents
pour
une
guerre
de
mondes
Reaching
all
the
years
Atteignant
toutes
les
années
I
advanced
across
a
poppy
field
J'ai
avancé
à
travers
un
champ
de
coquelicots
I
saw
the
gleam
as
you
raised
your
shield
J'ai
vu
l'éclat
lorsque
tu
as
levé
ton
bouclier
And
love
screamed
down
Et
l'amour
a
crié
With
the
sun
behind
his
back
Avec
le
soleil
derrière
son
dos
I
knew
once
again
Je
savais
une
fois
de
plus
I
was
under
attack
J'étais
attaqué
So
stand
fast
my
emotions
Alors
reste
ferme,
mes
émotions
Rally
round
my
shaking
heart
Rassemble-toi
autour
de
mon
cœur
qui
tremble
Our
fathers
were
all
soldiers
Nos
pères
étaient
tous
des
soldats
Shall
we
be
soldiers
too
Serons-nous
des
soldats
aussi
Fighting
and
falling
like
soldiers
Combattant
et
tombant
comme
des
soldats
Fighting
and
falling
like
soldiers
Combattant
et
tombant
comme
des
soldats
Fighting
and
falling
like
soldiers
do
Combattant
et
tombant
comme
des
soldats
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1
The Milkman of Human Kindness
2 Nicaragua Nicarguita
3 Blake's Jerusalem
4 The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
5 I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
6 The Internationale
7 Hold the Fort
8 Only Bad Signs
9 A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
10 Greetings To the New Brunette (Demo)
11 The Clashing of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
12 Wishing the Days Away (Alternative Version)
13 The Tracks of My Tears
14 There Is Power In a Union (Instrumental)
15 Deportees
16 Sin City
17 The Home Front
18 The Warmest Room
19 The Passion
20 Wishing the Days Away
21 The Red Flag
22 My Youngest Son Came Home Today
23 Introduction (Live)
24 Help Save the Youth of America (Live)
25 Between the Wars (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
26 There Is Power In a Union (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
27 A Lover Sings (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
28 The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
29 The Saturday Boy (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
30 Jeane (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
31 Which Side Are You On (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
32 It Says Here (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
33 The Marriage (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
34 Help Save the Youth of America
35 From a Vauxhall to a Velox (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
36 A Change Is Gonna Come
37 Never Cross a Picket Line
38 This Land Is Your Land
39 Joe Hill
40 There is Power In a Union (With the Pattersons) [Alternative Version]
41 To Have and to Have Not - Live
42 Days Like These (DC Remix)
43 Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
44 Think Again (Live)
45 A Miner's Life
46 To Have and to Have Not (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
47 There Is Power in a Union
48 Levi Stubbs' Tears
49 Love Gets Dangerous
50 It Says Here
51 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
52 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
53 The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
54 The Cloth (2)
55 Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
56 This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
57 Loving You Too Long
58 Speedway Hero
59 Love Lives Here
60 The Cloth (1)
61 Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
62 Lovers Town Revisited
63 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
64 The Man in the Iron Mask
65 A New England
66 Richard
67 To Have and to Have Not
68 The Myth of Trust
69 From a Vauxhall Velox
70 The Saturday Boy
71 Island of No Reurn
72 Ideology
73 The Marriage
74 Train Train
75 Greetings to the New Brunette
76 The World Turned Upside Down
77 Between the Wars
78 It Says Here (Alternative Version)
79 Which Side Are You On
80 A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
81 Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
82 Back To The Old House
83 You Got The Power
84 Talking Wag Club Blues
85 Won't Talk About It
86 It Must Be A River
87 A Lover Sings
88 Strange Things Happen
89 This Guitar Says Sorry
90 Like Solders Do
91 St. Swithin's Day
92 The Last Time
2 Nicaragua Nicarguita
3 Blake's Jerusalem
4 The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
5 I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
6 The Internationale
7 Hold the Fort
8 Only Bad Signs
9 A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
10 Greetings To the New Brunette (Demo)
11 The Clashing of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
12 Wishing the Days Away (Alternative Version)
13 The Tracks of My Tears
14 There Is Power In a Union (Instrumental)
15 Deportees
16 Sin City
17 The Home Front
18 The Warmest Room
19 The Passion
20 Wishing the Days Away
21 The Red Flag
22 My Youngest Son Came Home Today
23 Introduction (Live)
24 Help Save the Youth of America (Live)
25 Between the Wars (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
26 There Is Power In a Union (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
27 A Lover Sings (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
28 The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
29 The Saturday Boy (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
30 Jeane (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
31 Which Side Are You On (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
32 It Says Here (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
33 The Marriage (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
34 Help Save the Youth of America
35 From a Vauxhall to a Velox (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
36 A Change Is Gonna Come
37 Never Cross a Picket Line
38 This Land Is Your Land
39 Joe Hill
40 There is Power In a Union (With the Pattersons) [Alternative Version]
41 To Have and to Have Not - Live
42 Days Like These (DC Remix)
43 Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
44 Think Again (Live)
45 A Miner's Life
46 To Have and to Have Not (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
47 There Is Power in a Union
48 Levi Stubbs' Tears
49 Love Gets Dangerous
50 It Says Here
51 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
52 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
53 The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
54 The Cloth (2)
55 Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
56 This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
57 Loving You Too Long
58 Speedway Hero
59 Love Lives Here
60 The Cloth (1)
61 Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
62 Lovers Town Revisited
63 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
64 The Man in the Iron Mask
65 A New England
66 Richard
67 To Have and to Have Not
68 The Myth of Trust
69 From a Vauxhall Velox
70 The Saturday Boy
71 Island of No Reurn
72 Ideology
73 The Marriage
74 Train Train
75 Greetings to the New Brunette
76 The World Turned Upside Down
77 Between the Wars
78 It Says Here (Alternative Version)
79 Which Side Are You On
80 A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
81 Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
82 Back To The Old House
83 You Got The Power
84 Talking Wag Club Blues
85 Won't Talk About It
86 It Must Be A River
87 A Lover Sings
88 Strange Things Happen
89 This Guitar Says Sorry
90 Like Solders Do
91 St. Swithin's Day
92 The Last Time
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