from Phil.Roach@icl.com
Emmylou Harris 1917 Written by David Olney
Linda Ronstadt
The strange young man who
comes to me
A soldier on a
three day spree
He needs one night’s cheap
ecstasy
And a woman’s arms to
hide him
He greets me with a
courtly bow
And hides his pain by
acting proud
He drinks too much and he
laughs too loud
How can I
deny him.
( Gm F7 – 1 strum each – )
Let us dance be
neath the moon
I’ll sing to you ‘
Claire de Lune’
The morning always
comes too soon
But tonight the war is
over
He speaks to me in
schoolboy French
Of a soldiers life
inside a trench
Of the look of death and the
ghastly stench
I do my best to
please him
He puts two roses
in a vase
Two roses sadly
out of place
Like the gallant smile on his
haggard face
Playfully I
tease him
Hold me neath the
Paris skies
Let’s not talk of
how or why
Tomorrow’s soon
enough to die
But tonight the war is
over
We make love too
hard too fast
He falls asleep his
face a mask
He wakes with the shakes and he
drinks from his flask
I put my arms
around him
They die in the trenches and they
die in the air
In Belguim and France the
dead are everywhere
They die so so fast there’s no
time to prepare
A decent grave to s
urround them
Old world glory
old world fame
The old worlds gone
gone up in flames
Nothing will ever
be the same
And nothing lasts f
orever
Oh I’d pray for him
but I’ve forgotten how
And there’s nothing nothing that can
save him now
There’s always another with the same f
unny bow
And who am I to deny
them
Lux aeterna Luce-at e-is
Domine cum sanctic tu-is in aeternum
Qui-a pius es
Requiem aeternaum dona e-is Domine
Qui-a pius es
Requiem aeternaum dona e-is Domine
Qui-a pius es
Et lux perpetua luce-at- e-is Cum sancris tu-is in
Aeternum qui-api-us es
Tonight the war is
over
