Great Squares of History


Trudging through the darkness
we reach our beloved Red Square
Basilica of St. Basil,
a dome beyond compare.

Old soldiers, you and I,
old campaigners, not complainers
A soldier's duty is to do
or die in all kinds of weathers

Soldiering on, comrade
in the killing trade of war
Tiananmen and Trafalgar
we've seen men die like cattle

But it's time for a prayer,
on the eve of another battle
To God and the devil,
the best of enemies.