Army Dreamers

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Army Dreamers by Kate Bush

About Army Dreamers

"Army Dreamers" is a 1980 song written by English artist Kate Bush. It was the third, and final, single to be released from her album Never for Ever. It was a UK top 20 hit in October 1980. "Army Dreamers" was one of 68 songs considered inappropriate for airplay by the BBC during the first Gulf War. The song is about the effects of war and about a mother who grieves for her young adult son, who was killed on military manoeuvres. Saddened by his unnecessary death, she wrestles with her guilt over what she could have done to prevent it. .

Army Dreamers Lyrics

[00:04.09] B.F.P.O.
[00:05.72] Army dreamers
[00:09.25] Mammy's hero
[00:14.37] B.F.P.O.
[00:19.49] Mammy's hero
[00:20.84] Our little army boy
[00:23.18] Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
[00:26.32] I've a bunch of purple flowers
[00:28.22] To decorate mammy's hero
[00:31.33] Mourning in the aerodrome
[00:33.16] The weather warmer, he is colder
[00:36.32] Four men in uniform
[00:38.05] To carry home my little soldier
[00:40.96] (What could he do?)
[00:42.09] (Should have been a rock star)
[00:43.84] But he didn't have the money for a guitar
[00:45.87] (What could he do?)
[00:47.10] (Should have been a politician)
[00:48.95] But he never had a proper education
[00:50.78] (What could he do?)
[00:51.83] (Should have been a father)
[00:53.65] But he never even made it to his twenties
[00:56.98] What a waste
[00:58.18] Army dreamers
[01:01.41] Oh, what a waste of
[01:03.14] Army (army) dreamers (dreamers)
[01:06.91] Tears o'er a tin box
[01:09.19] Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
[01:12.33] Like a chicken with a fox
[01:14.29] He couldn't win the war with ego
[01:17.29] Give the kid the pick of pips
[01:19.13] And give him all your stripes and ribbons
[01:22.44] Now he's sitting in his hole
[01:24.36] He might as well have buttons and bows
[01:26.96] (What could he do?)
[01:28.14] (Should have been a rock star)
[01:29.81] But he didn't have the money for a guitar
[01:31.98] (What could he do?)
[01:33.10] (Should have been a politician)
[01:34.79] But he never had a proper education
[01:36.87] (What could he do?)
[01:38.02] (Should have been a father)
[01:39.71] But he never even made it to his twenties
[01:43.06] What a waste
[01:44.30] Army dreamers
[01:47.74] Ooh, what a waste of
[01:49.32] Army (army) dreamers (dreamers)
[01:52.49] Ooh, what a waste of all them
[01:54.28] Army (army) dreamers (dreamers)
[01:56.70] Army (army) dreamers (dreamers)
[01:59.16] Army (army) dreamers, oh
[02:10.54] B.F.P.O.
[02:12.11] Army dreamers
[02:15.51] Mammy's hero
[02:20.57] B.F.P.O.
[02:22.12] Army dreamers
[02:25.47] Mammy's hero
[02:30.42] B.F.P.O.
[02:32.08] No hard heroes
[02:35.45] Mammy's hero
[02:40.53] B.F.P.O.
[02:42.11] Army dreamers
[02:45.60] Mammy's hero
[02:50.59] B.F.P.O.

From the album: Never for Ever