"b.f.p.o.-"
army dreamers.
"mammy´s hero."
"b.f.p.o."
"mammy´s hero."

our little army boy
is coming home from b.f.p.o.
i´ve a bunch of purple flowers
to decorate a mammy´s hero.

mourning in the aerodrome,
the weather warmer, he is colder.
four men in uniform
to carry home my little soldier.

"what could he do?
should have been a rock star."
but he didn´t have the money for a guitar.
"what could he do?
should have been a politician."
but he never had a proper education.
"what could he do?
should have been a father."
but he never even made it to his twenties.
what a waste --
army dreamers.
ooh, what a waste of
army dreamers.

tears o´er a tin box.
oh, jesus christ, he wasn´t to know,
like a chicken with a fox,
he couldn´t win the war with ego.

give the kid the pick of pips,
and give him all your stripes and ribbons.
now he´s sitting in his hole,
he might as well have buttons and bows.

"what could he do?
should have been a rock star."
but he didn´t have the money for a guitar.
"what could he do?
should have been a politician."
but he never had a proper education.
"what could he do?
should have been a father."
but he never even made it to his twenties.
what a waste --
army dreamers.
ooh, what a waste of
army dreamers.
ooh, what a waste of all that
army dreamers,
army dreamers,
army dreamers, oh...

("b.f.p.o.")
did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
army dreamers.
did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
("mammy´s hero.")
("b.f.p.o.")
army dreamers.
("mammy´s hero.")
("b.f.p.o.")
no harm heroes.
("mammy´s hero.")
("b.f.p.o.")
army dreamers.
("mammy´s hero.")
("b.f.p.o.")
no harm heroes.

[---"b.f.p.o.": british forces posted overseas.]