Cold wind in the morning
telegram arrives
Arriving with no warning
Another mother cries

Husbands, sons and brothers
Hailed the call to war
Blinded by the others
The promise: one for all

What's it all in aid of?
Obeying [bad word] Cold and tired and hungry
Dying for some land

WHY DON'T YOU CRY, SOLDIER CRY?
ANOTHER LETTER, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER
CRY, SOLDIER CRY
THERE WILL BE SORROW UNTIL TOMORROW
SO CRY, SOLDIER CRY

The fear and all the sadness
Of what it has [bad word] In this world of madness
Another soldier gone

Salute the highest honour
The folding of the flag
Finally the end is
Another bodybag

And all the time [bad word] Their backs against the wall
band of brothers fighting
One by one they fall

WHY DON'T YOU CRY, SOLDIER CRY?
ANOTHER LETTER, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER
CRY, SOLDIER CRY
THERE WILL BE SORROW UNTIL TOMORROW
SO CRY, SOLDIER CRY

What's it all in aid of?
Obeying [bad word] Cold and tired and hungry
Dying for some land

WHY DON'T YOU CRY, SOLDIER CRY?
ANOTHER LETTER, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER
CRY, SOLDIER CRY
THERE WILL BE SORROW UNTIL TOMORROW
SO CRY, SOLDIER CRY