The men and women take their sides

Pick up their weapons

And prepare for the fight of their lives

The guns begin their call

And bullets scream through the air

And they fight, and fight, and fight

For liberty and life

Men and women fall to the ground

Dead from wounds from the other side

Piling high in growing mounds

Protecting the comrades who still stand

As they mourn for a moment and push on

And they fight, and fight, and fight

Even when they can’t

Bones bleach in the sun

As the planet turns again and again

The fighters laugh at their fun

Shooting from hill and shadow, and field and light

With the cloud of victory or defeat directly over head

And they fight, and fight, and fight

Like it was the first night

They battle on when others say they can’t

Against the enemy of terror in their sight

They fight longer than the brass meant

Knowing they fight the good fight

That needs to be won

And the fight, and fight, and fight

Hoping the future is bright

The guns loose their call

The bullets cease their scream

Soldiers rounded up from their shells

Tired for the core out

Lain down like useless weapons in the mud

But still they fight, and fight, and fight

Until the dark steals their gaze