Canal Zone - Beau

The fighting began after hours of waiting

In dampness and darkness and cramped in a corner

Ready and willing to move on the order

At twenty two minutes past nine

At twenty two minutes past nine

The message came over the line

Fired in the furnace of self preservation

And cast in the mould of my fathers before me

Out there an ocean so windswept and stormy

I nearly feel really alive

I nearly feel really alive

Now the order to go has arrived

No time for thought and of course none for reason

No calculation for when I am older

The battle is raging and I am the soldier

With only a moment to go

With only a moment to go

The overtures Herald the show

Hardened to face the undreamable frenzy

Thrown on the rapids of true trepidation

Fighting for life with a sense of elation

The orders command and I shall

The orders command and I shall

Head on down the canal

Out in the light in one moment of glory

Drowned in a sea where to win is surviving

Choked on the welcoming dust my arriving

Affirms my position and worth

Affirms my position and worth

Affirms my position and worth