King & Country
I tried to be clever (always a mistake) and write a country waltz called King & Country, well it’s still in 3/4 and the title survived but it seems to have gone a bit Prog Rock on me. Turns out I have very little control of these things!!!!
King and Country
Home, we’re going home
Home, we’re going home
Seems like a lifetime since we’ve been Home
Alone, I won’t be alone
Home, I’m going home
Now the war has ended, the future’s unknown
For King and Country we marched away
Shoulder to shoulder in battle we’d pray
We fought in Flanders, the comrades we lost
Four years of fighting, how high was the cost, they paid, not me, I’m home free
For King and Country we marched away
Shoulder to shoulder in battle we’d pray
We fought in Flanders, the comrades we lost
Four years of fighting, how high was the cost, they paid, not me, I’m home free
Safe, I’ll soon see your face
Make haste, there’s no time to waste
I’ve waited a lifetime to feel your embrace
We fought in Flanders, the comrades we lost
Four years of fighting, how high was the cost, they paid, not me, I’m home free
A sweet sadness. I love the raw guitar coming in as a reminder of the horrendous conditions they suffered. That’s not a judgement on your playing Andy. I loved it.
Can just imagine this with a train station full of soldiers singing together
That’s a great country song! Definitely an anthemic quality to that chorus. Beautiful and filled with pathos. A bit of a prog rock guitar works too
Hi Andy, I do like a country waltz, nice one. I rather like country songs where the melody is country but the lyrics aren’t. I agree with you about not always knownig wh ere a songis going, but that is half the fun! Cheers.
Great song Andy. Love the lyrics. Nice one
It always seemed to me that writing a tune on war or the aftermath would be the most difficult subject of all. War encompasses every emotion in the human condition. To capture even a bit of war’s depth is an accomplishment. That anyone can survive the horrors and go on to live a productive life is beyond my comprehension. Good job!
Thanks everyone for your kind comments
The marching beat, the heartbeat and the space you left in your song are well chosen, Andy. The spotlight is on the soldier’s story, where it should be. Well done.