Sometimes war is killing sometimes it's saving lives
It's the judgement of fate it's nothing that man can
dictate
Corporal Leslie Allen carried them from Tambu
Saved his brothers in arms went out and followed through

There and back again Bull just carried on
Under fire he carried them out one by one
There and back again bullets all around
All of the men that he carried away
12 men would now live to see one more day
His fear held at bay as he carried them away

Sometimes war is killing sometimes it's saving lives
From Australias shore Bull Allen went to
war
Sometimes war is saving sometimes it's taking lives
Thanks to 1 single man a dozen more survives

There and back again Bull just carried on
Under fire he carried them out one by one
There and back again bullets all around
All of the men that he carried away
12 men would now live to see one more day
His fear held at bay as he carried them away

Some men return from a war in a bag and yet the world knows their story
Others return unwilling to brag alive and
humble at heart

There and back again Bull just carried on
Under fire he carried them out one by one
There and back again bullets all around
All of the men that he carried away
12 men would now live to see one more day
His fear held at bay as he carried them away