When the Soldiers Come

from All of the Above (Album 2020) by Hightown Pirates

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We sat and watched the sun going down, as ghosts came out to play,
Someone said, just ‘cos your white flag’s up? The soldiers come anyway.
But if we’re brave enough to fall in love (I’m not asking for a friend)
I’ll meet you after midnight, where the shadows start and end.
And yes, we’ll hide, get lost in time, we got some place, they’ll never find. And our war, you know it will be won, gonna live together, ‘till the soldiers come.
Well they’re strange these cats with Chinese eyes and stories of such sorrow, and histories that say so much, but they can’t predict tomorrow.
We see ourselves in others, yeah and feel lost in a crowd, but we’ll live and die, together, to defend our sacred ground.
And yes, we’ll hide, get lost in time, we got something they’ll never buy and our war, you know it’s never won, gonna live together, until the soldiers come.
We walked where steam-trains used to run, the last one, long since gone and I kissed you as the sun came up then we saw the soldiers come.
If we’re brave enough to show ourselves, lets stare them in the eye, we’re the ghosts of long-lost lovers, then cannot kill, what cannot die.
And yes, we’ll hide, get lost in time, we got some place, they’ll never find. And our war, you know it will be won, gonna live together, ‘till the soldiers come.
Yes, we’ll hide, get lost in time, we got something they’ll never buy and our war, you know it’s never won, gonna live together, until the soldiers come.

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from All of the Above (Album 2020), released May 1, 2020

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