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Footsoldier

from The Colonel's Journals by Robert Lamb

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You see yourself as a general, commanding troops and tanks
In god’s eyes you’re a footsoldier, a number in the ranks
Fodder for the cannon, that’s your destiny
Another faceless target for an unknown enemy

Footsoldier don’t raise your hopes to high
Comes a day for you to do or die

You dreamed of fame and fortune, drew up your battle plans
Imagined men would follow when you cried out “advance”
The time to dream is over and now the day has come
You wake to find you’re marching to the beat of a martial drum

My life is rolling down the track like a runaway train
No way to stop or turn it back or start over again

You polished all the stories for your biography
Longing for a namecheck in the books of history
In your final moments are you cowardly or brave
When you realise your fate lies at the bottom of an unmarked grave

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from The Colonel's Journals, released January 13, 2013
© Robert Lamb

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