Dear Jenny

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Verse 1 (Brother)

Dear Jenny i'm sorry i didn't wave at the station, ive never been fantastic at goodbye
hopefully it won't be long before i'm home again and tell of my adventures over here
what a way to spend my eighteenth summer i know i still have much to learn
sittin in the trenches with the enemy in front the rain out here never seems to stop

Chorus (Brother)

the captain said this would make us immortal fighting for the empire by the somme
our names forever whispered on the breeze that moves the trees when all this war is gone

Verse 2 (Brother)

dear jenny give my love to both our parents tell them that i'm fine and doin well
i sometimes can hear mother singin in the dead of night i lose her in the screaming of the shells
this could be the last time that i write you i'm getting word that the time has come
to go through the wire and no mans land into the great unknown gun in hand and terror in my heart

Chorus (Brother)

the captain said this would make us immortal fighting for the empire by the somme
our names forever whispered on the breeze that moves the trees when all this war is gone

Instrumental

Verse 3 (Jenny)

Dear brother it's been weeks since your last letter i'm losing hope of you returning home
we rage against the men in suits in their name you have faught the noble cause is built on flesh and bone
dear brother there's no such thing as immortal it's their arrogance that leads you to the flame
and a million mothers know the truth and where there lies the blame knowing that we will see war again

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from Only Ghosts, released July 15, 2015
Written by Kieran Jones

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