farewell my darling
(i'm) off to war, they'll pay me well
staying here is (nothing but) trouble
for a man (with) no job or skills

Say my country needs me
protect the fortunes amassed by whites (staked)
claim we're fighting some kind of evil
boy, I hope they're right

so long so well
off to bomb the brown kids straight to hell
may god forgive
what their mothers never will

Its been a year now
no evil to be found
just a bunch a kids with bills to pay
bleeding on the ground

so long so well
can you love a man after stories I tell
will your heart forgive
what I know I never will

I'm sure theres someone somewhere
believes in something still
he's just not dying here
or staring in the eyes of the ones he kills for pay

so long so well
my darling, I'm not the man that once said farewell
and no one I ever wanted to be

keep these letters, I bid good night
whomever s left can tell us, who was right
sleep tight my darling
with love, farewell