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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kate Bush
Lead Vocals
Brian Bath
Background Vocals
Paddy Bush
Background Vocals
Stuart Elliott
Bodhrán Drum
Duncan Mackay
Fairlight CMI
Alan Murphy
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kate Bush
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kate Bush
Producer
John Barratt
Assistant Engineer
Jon Jacobs
Assistant Engineer
Jon Kelly
Producer
Lyrics
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 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 them army dreamers
Army dreamers
Army dreamers, oh
B.F.P.O. (army dreamers)
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O. (army dreamers)
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O. (no hard heroes)
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O. (army dreamers)
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O. (army dreamers)
Writer(s): Kate Bush
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