At Home in the Breeze-block Palace

She'd never heard of the 'Falklands',
now she wished she never had,
as time and hope are running out
and things are looking bad.
It wouldn't even matter,
if Johnny was still on the dole,
how could joining up redeem
the money that he stole,
from his Father's breeze-block palace?

He'd listened to that young lady,
in her hat of well tempered felt,
she was only a probation officer
but his heart began to melt.
He joined the Royal Navy
to prove he was a man,
and now his Mother weeps for him
as only a Mother can,
at home in the breeze-block palace.

An MOD announcement boasts:
"invasion has begun"
Oh! let the dead and injured heroes
be somebody else's sons.
But when this war is over
and Johnny comes marching home,
we'll give to him everything he wants
so he'll never have need to roam
away from the breeze-block palace.


Capability Red 1982