Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention) also does it, and I do but nowhere near as well. I might add!).

I probably have the writer somewhere - I'll post later if I find it.

Here I stand in a land, that isn't my own
Far from the country, I know as home
sent here by government, armed by the king
And I'm told I must kill men, in order to bring
Peace to a foreign land

Here he lies in a land, that isn't his own
far from the country, he called his home
sent here by governments, who might not agree,
and if someone must kill him, God why is it me
to bring peace to a foreign land


don't despise the deserter,
don't despise the deserter
don't despise the deserter,
who ran from the war
don't despise the deserter,
don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter,
who ran from the war


I ran down to pull him, away from the wire
Rifles to the left of me started to fire
He was riddled with bullets, I was smothered in blood
And I wonder how murdering sombody could
Bring peace to a foreign land

Chorus

So I ran from the fighting, and I threw down my gun
I ran by the moon, and and I slept with the sun
Arrested by government, charged by the king,
To be shot, 'cause I can't kill in order to bring
Peace to a foreign land

Chorus