He dropped outta school when he was 16 Said: "mum and dad I'm gonna be a Royalmarine" So he went down to the AFCO And he signed his name to the Queens payroll Basic training went down in the breeze Didn't break a sweat, he passed it with ease A lot dropped out but not our boy The next thing he knows, he is on foreign soil Shoved to the front with a gun in his hand The boy that went out came back a different man His eyes once bright, now seem dull What he saw, he never told For six month at a time he's on the front line Then back home again to see his family and friends But time moves quick and he's off again That's the last time that he ll see them Don't know what he saw, He never said a word, coz that boy that went away never returned Don't know what he saw, He never said a word, coz that boy that went away never returned He dropped outta school when he was 16 Said: "mum and dad I'm gonna be a Royalmarine" So he went down to the AFCO And he signed his name to the Queens payroll Was it worth all the broken hearts? Fighting wars that ain't even ours? Believe me or not but he did come back In the wooden box drapped in Union Jack... Don't know what he saw, he never said a word, Coz that boy that went away never returned