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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Lead Vocals
Brian Bath
Brian Bath
Background Vocals
Paddy Bush
Paddy Bush
Background Vocals
Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Bodhrán Drum
Duncan Mackay
Duncan Mackay
Fairlight CMI
Alan Murphy
Alan Murphy
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Producer
Jon Kelly
Jon Kelly
Producer
John Barratt
John Barratt
Assistant Engineer
Jon Jacobs
Jon Jacobs
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]
B.F.P.O
Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O
Mammy's hero
[Verse 1]
Our little army boy is coming home from B.F.P.O
We'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
[Chorus]
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 never even made it to his twenties
What a waste, army dreamers
Oh, what a waste of army dreamers
Army dreamers
[Verse 2]
Tears over a tin box, oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Like a chicken with a fox, he couldn't 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
[Chorus]
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 never even made it to his twenties
What a waste, army dreamers
Oh, what a waste of army dreamers
Army dreamers
[Outro]
Oh, what a waste of all them army dreamers
Army dreamers
Army dreamers
Army dreamers
Army dreamers
Army dreamers
[Outro]
B.F.P.O
Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O
Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O
No hard heroes
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O
Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O
No hard heroes
Written by: Kate Bush

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