Army Dreamers

Kate Bush

Album Information
Album Name (Year): Never For Ever (1980)
Record Label: EMI America
Billboard Chart: n/a
Entry Week (Position): n/a
Peak Position: n/a	Weeks On Chart: n/a
Songs On This Album: (Click For Lyrics) 1. Babooshka 2. Delius (Song Of Summer) 3. Blow Away (For Bill) 4. All We Ever Look For 5. Egypt 6. The Wedding List 7. Violin 8. The Infant Kiss 9. Night Scented Stock 10. Army Dreamers 11. Breathing

Album Notes

Unable to verify Billboard chart information prior to November 1983.

This album also spent 23 weeks on the British Charts starting 09/20/80, peaking at #1.
{Album Notes}

Our little Army Boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
I've a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy's hero
Mourning in the aerodrome
The weather warmer, he is colder
Four men in uniform to carry home
My little soldier

What could he do? Should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do? Should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do? Should have been a father
But he didn't even make it to his twenties
What a waste
Army Dreamers

Tears o'er a tin box
Oh Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Like a chicken with a fox
He cannot win the war with ego
Give the kid the pick of pips
And give him all your stripes and ribbons
Now he's sitting in his hole
He might as well have buttons and bows

What could he do? Should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do? Should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do? Should have been a father
But he didn't even make it to his twenties
What a waste
Army Dreamers

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Song Information
Song Written By: Kate Bush
Track Number: 10	Track Length: 2:58
Billboard Chart: Song did not chart in the U.S.
Entry Week (Position): - -
Peak Position: - -	Weeks On Chart: - -

Song Notes

This song spent 9 weeks on the British Charts starting 10/04/80, peaking at #16.

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