Ian McNabb
GERMAN SOLDIERS HELMET CIRCA 1943
When I was just a young boy, My mother said to me
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Would you like to come to town today, And keep me company
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We walked around department stores, She bought me lots of sweets
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She bought the things a family needs, And bought herself a treat
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She asked me if I wanted anything at all
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As we walked outside a junk shop, just behind the old town hall
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So I looked into the window, and displayed there to my glee
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Was a German Soldiers Helmet circa 1943
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I asked if I could have it, And she looked horrified
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She must have thought about the war, And all those who had died
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She said we'd ask my father, And grabbed me by my hand
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So I went home to tell my Dad, I knew he'd understand
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Cos he fought in the desert, It's what he had to do
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Imagine what it would be like, If it were me or you
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So he gave me ten pounds fifty, The asking price you see
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For the German Soldiers Helmet circa 1943
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The years have passed so quickly, And nothing is the same
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And I've moved home so many times, But noone is to blame
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I never thought about it, I never had the time
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Playing this crazy rock and roll, I nearly lost my mind
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But just the other evening, Beneath the cellar stairs
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I banged my knee on something hard, I gave a little curse
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I shone my torch into the dark, And guess what I did see...
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A German Soldiers Helmet circa 1943
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Thanks Mum and Dad for buying me this piece of history
