I'm just an ageing drummer boy

And in the wars i used to play

And i've called the tune

To many a torture session

Now they say i am a war criminal

And i'm fading away

Father please hear my confession



I have legalised robbery

Called it belief

I have run with the money

And hid like a thief

I have re-written history

With my armies and my crooks

Invented memories

I did burn all the books

And i can still hear his laughter

And i can still hear his song

The man's too big

The man's too strong



Well i have tried to be meek

And i have tried to be mild

But i spat like a woman

And sulked like a child

I have lived behind walls

That have made me alone

Striven for peace

Which i never have known

And i can still hear his laughter

And i can still hear his song

The man's too big

The man's too strong



Well the sun rose on the courtyard

And they all did hear him say

'you always were a judas

But i got you anyway

You may have got your silver

But i swear upon my life

Your sister gave me diamonds

And i gave them to your wife'

Oh father please help me

For i have done wrong

The man's too big

The man's too strong


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