Another Man’s Cause

[Verse 1]
Gunshots shattering the peace of night
Just another firefight
For the people of this little town
But, for the dying soldier
Well, he's feeling ten years older
As he's lying face down on the ground
All the words that are in his head
And all the words his mother said
As she would put him to bed back home

[Chorus]
Your daddy, well, he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the last war
And your mother, well, she's lying home alone

[Verse 2]
Every day she sees your face
On the picture on the fireplace
With your brother as he was leaving school
Then a day came five years ago
Where you said "Mother, I need to know"
And you spoke the words your brother spoke before:
"I've seen the things my daddy's done
And I've seen the medals that he's won
And I know this is what he would have wanted
For me"

[Chorus]
But your daddy, well, he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother he was killed in the last war
And your mother, well, she's lying home alone

[Bridge]
Now she wonders at it all
Just in whose name did these brave young heroes fall?
And how many more are gonna answer the call?
They're gonna fight, fight and die in another fighter's war
They're gonna die for religion they didn't believe in at all
They're gonna die in a place they should never have been at all
Oh, never been at all

[Chorus]
'Cause your daddy, well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother he was killed in the last war
And your mother, well, she's lying home alone