DIGGER 2004 (ANTI IRAQ WAR)

Through the years Australia has always been so willing to answer the call,to go to battle in wars that have very rarely reached our shores.We've sent away hundreds of thousands of our best and bravest men,to shed their blood on far away battlefields--Why ?


THE BOY STOOD ON THE WARSHIP DECK,
TEARS ROLLING DOWN HIS CHEEKS.
SADLY WAVING,TO HIS FAMILY
TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK.
"HE'S OFF TO WAR YOU KNOW,
THIS FIGHTING MAN FROM AUS,
HE DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S GOING THERE,
HE'S JUST GOING THERE-- BECAUSE (BECOZ)
WE'LL STAND BY OUR YANKEE FRIENDS
YES,WE'LL PROTECT THEIR OIL
NOT CARING FOR THE LIVES OF THEM,
OR FAMILIES THEY COULD SPOIL.

THESE "BRAVE YOUNG MEN FROM AUS"
NOT KNOWING WHATS IN STORE
AS THEIR SHIPS STEAM FROM THE HARBOUR
TO ANOTHER FOREIGN SHORE.
WE'VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE YOU KNOW,
AND ARE JUST TOO BLIND TO SEE,
HERE COMES ANOTHER VIETNAM
ONE MORE GALLIPOLI