1939 returning

captured clandestine

crawled into the light

knew he was in for a shoe-in

just wasn't to be his night. dragged out of the frozen rhine

for the motherland

and the third reich

always good to be shoe in

when it's not to be your night

your night. tred carefully

so carefully

on the drifting ice

behind enemy lines

in 1939

for germany

he sacrificed his life

caught behind enemy lines

in 1939. kids knee deep in rubble

london urchins grey with dust

back of fout west in evacuation

the farmers wives greeting pleasant lies

far from the doodblebugs. nana doll still remembers

leaving town in worn-out shoes

now she's back out west

in sheltered accomodation

homes for the old

where pills aren't the only blues. tred carefully

so carefully

on the drifting ice

staring blankly into the tv guide

in 2009

oh how it hurts me

i've only seen her twice

since she went west for the second time

since 1939.