Thick As Thieves

We promised to make a difference, you and I Both still young, feeling smart Now in the light of this shaded lamp I can almost see your smile Dreamt of travelling land and sea And thus we did, my friend, you and me Thick as thieves we were Thick as thieves we were Oh, and time was at our side Well, at least so we believed One day our nations prepared for a fight And you and I had to join opposite sides Never we shall behold the green fields Or hear the birds sing in May Our youth, our old day sacrificed And with our lives we did pay Dreamt of travelling land and sea And thus we did, my friend, you and me Thick as thieves we were Thick as thieves we were Dreams shattered in filthy trenches Our lungs filled with musterd gas Beneath the grey skies, in the fields of Flanders Dreams shattered in filthy trenches Our lungs filled with musterd gas A torn cross bearing your name in the grass Oh, and time was at our side Well at least so we believed One day our nations prepaired for a fight Oh, and time was at our side Well at least so we believed And you and I had to join opposite sides Thick as thieves we were