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The Coat

from Against all odds by Crashed Out

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I first saw the coat in an old junk store, in a display about the First World War,
Mud stained bloody battered and torn,
What tales could be told from the coat that was worn
I bought that thing and I took it home, I tried it on when I was alone,
I looked in the mirror I saw nineteen sixteen
The men that were there and what they had seen,

For that battered coat I paid fifty pound, in the pocket lining an old note I found,
From years gone by a long time dead a note from a soldier this is what was read,
If this note is found then I am no more,
My name is Tommy Bell I fought in the Great War,
I saw hell on earth and man become beast.
I heard the screaming from North South and East.

I smelled the death and I felt the pain, a war to end wars never again!!
I saw the fear in grown mens eyes in the poisoned fields young boys died
Doing a duty they didn’t understand,
Killing another over blood stained land
Questioned why kept them thoughts in my head,
Who will have victory over the dead?

Whoever finds this note tell my family, I love them all for eternity,
To my wife Maryanne you must be strong, for our first born my only son Tom,
A time gone by from world war one,
A soldiers words written from the Somme,
A war to end all wars that's what some do say,
A note from a soldier on his last fatal day

Lest we forget they won’t grow old we will remember the brave and bold
Those who stepped forward to defend our land
To fight a war some didn’t understand
I learnt alot from that dirty old coat, a soldiers farewell written on a note,
For King and country the ultimate sacrifice,
For future generations and our way of life!!

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from Against all odds, released April 27, 2022

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Been around since 1995 Crashed Out have played all over the world played with some of punks biggest names released 6 albums and in 2012 released a split album with punk legends Angelic Upstarts
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