Far From Home

It’s a long long march from Paris to Moscow
Half a million on their way to fight
Arrived to find the bones of a city
Burned down and little left behind
Only ten thousand came back they were broken half frozen
A faded empire standing all alone
Seemed like a damn good idea long ago
Ended with a whimper far from home

It’s a long long way from Sydney to the Dardanelles
To keep the straits wide open tween the seas
Crank up the pressure on Constantinople
All got laid waste at Gallipoli
No way to count the slaughtered and maimed
Machine guns eating flesh and bone
Seemed like a damn good idea long ago
Ended with a whimper far from home

It’s a long long march from Berlin to Stalingrad
Mighty Sixth Army roaring southeast
They liked the killing when it was easy
Had the Russians running in retreat
Brutal winter shut them down, everything was frozen
The lucky died, for the rest Siberian cold
Seemed like a damn good idea long ago
Ended with a whimper far from home