Forgotten Wars

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Also based on a troubled ex soldier i spoke to

Mgg and Ai

Lyrics

We got a call to a disturbance
At the richer part of town
Found a young man
Standing at attention.

He’d smashed a car’s windows
and the way he was waiting
made us both question
his intentions.

After we threw him in the van,
My partner asked,
So where’d you get these medals ,
son?

They’re mine, sir, he whispered,
As he glared into the nowhere.
I was in
Afghanistan.

He’d been too drunk to get
into the hostel
that he shared with the junkies
And the worn out and runaway mums.

So with nowhere to sleep
He’d wandered our streets
until he’d caught someone watching him
Like he was nothing but a bum.

{Chorus]
Forgotten wars
Leave forgotten people
Like autumn leaves racing
towards a winter’s drain.

But then I guess if we
Didn’t remember to forget them
How would they ever convince us
to go to War again ?

I could see that he was a round peg
trying to fit into a square hole,
But the empty corners
Were just too loud.

I asked him what
It had been like over there
But despite been locked up
It was clear he was to proud

So we called his EX-CO,
Who said,
he’s lost too many mates,
And most of them over here.

You see,
it doesn’t matter how far they run,
Not everyone got to come home
From Afghanistan.

{Chorus]
Forgotten wars
Leave forgotten people
Like autumn leaves racing
down a winter’s drain.

But then I guess if we
Didn’t remember to forget them
How would they ever convince us
to go to War again?

I went to see the vehicle’s owner,
to try and plead his case.
But all she said
was look at my cleaner,

I’ve never heard her once
kicking up a fuss
Even though thanks to the war
She’s a refugee, from Afghanistan.

Forgotten wars
Leave forgotten people
Like autumn leaves racing
Towards a winter’s drain.

But then I guess if we
Didn’t remember to forget them
How would they ever convince us
to go to War again