Between The Wars

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I was a miner, I was a docker, 
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I was a railwayman between the wars
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I raised a family, in times of 
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austerity, with sweat at the 
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foundry between
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the wars
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I paid the union, as times got 
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harder, I looked to the government 
to
help the working man
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but they brought prosperity down 
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at the armoury, we're arming for 
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peace,
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me boys, between the wars

[Verse 2]
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I kept the faith and I kept 
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voting, not for the iron fist but 
for the
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helping hand
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for theirs is a land with a wall 
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around it and mine is a faith in 
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my
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fellow man
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theirs is a land of hope and 
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glory, mine is the greenfield and 
the
factory floor
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theirs are the skies all dark with
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 bombers and mine is the peace we 
knew
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between the wars

[Verse 3]
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call up the craftsman, bring me 
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the draughtsman, build me a path 
from
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cradle to grave
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and I'll give my consent to any 
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government that does not deny a man 
a
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living wage
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go find the young men, never to 
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fight again, bring up the banners 
from
the
days gone by
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sweet moderation, heart of this
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 nation, desert us not we are 
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between the
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wars