It was the day that war broke out 
Everyone seemed exited 
While young men boasted 
And talked of great times 
Dark clouds gathered 
On the Maginot line 

Sisters and fathers 
Brothers and sons 
All said goodbye 
It seemes so much fun 
We'll be finished by Christmas 
Back home by the fire 
Perish the distance 
The bombs and the wire 

Don't wake the lion 

There's a firework show tonight 
Eveyone's been invited 
There's mud on faces 
With frightened white eyes 
And some won't make it 
Throught the thunderous noise 

Powerfull and angry 
Answer the guns 
All through the night 
Relief [bad word] 
It's criminal deception 
Sets man against man 
Indicting reflection 
devious plan 

Don't wake the lion 

Here what there saying [bad word] the freeze 
You'd better hold on tight 
And while your praying 

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On your knees 
Prepare to stand and fight 

Someone keeps saying 
It's written in a book 
So keep yourself in line 
But you're betraying 
With every nervous look 
That now it's killing time 

And from the morning to the night 
We tried 
They said it all would turn out right 
They lied 

Too old to die young 
Too big to cry 
Too old to die young 
To say goodbye 

Above the raging evening sky 
Will never be the same 
While necks are straining 
Those hidden eyes 
Shoot out another flame 

And from the morning to the night 
We try 
They said it all would turn out right 
But they lied 
Yes they lied 

Too old to die young 
Too big to cry 
Too old to die young 
To say goodbye