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All the promises they made
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Your son is going to war and the army tells you they take good care of him and that he will be back, but that promise is hard to keep.
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At this moment solo, guitars/vocals, additional fellow musicians.
From a songwriter view, Nash started as a soloproject, doing life gigs on my own and sometimes - unfortunately too little lately - enjoying the presence of other musicians.
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #787
Peak in subgenre #268
Author
Hans Vreedenburgh
Rights
Hans Vreedenburgh
Uploaded
May 23, 2006
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MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 1:24
Story behind the song
The Vietnam war is one of many wars that motivated me to write this song (photo by Jan Grarup)
Lyrics
Casualties on an endless list They tried real hard but they couldn’t make a fist this time This time her son’s alive cause she’s seen his face on the TV screen But I couldn’t find a trace of mine, no sign So I called up the captain and asked him what’d happened He said, “we’re still at zero, perhaps he died like a hero” Just like that # All the promises they made He’ll be back soon, so don’t you be afraid, hey hey All the promises they made Now it’s a little too late to contemplate They resigned his name – MIA – the search goes on invain It’s too bad, too bad He might still be on the run That’s why they taught him how to use a gun It’s life or death And even though he’s history, we’ll keep him in our memory To show you we regret your loss, he’s a nominee for the Silver Cross # All the promises they made …… ## We’re really sorry that we had to send your boy to another part of the world It’s a long long story and we know he was going to marry this very sweet girl We may have to zip him up in of those airtight bodybags. So all you can do is sit home and wait for the latest news All the promises they made… # 1992
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