Here I stand in a land that isn't my own
In the green of the country that I know as home
I was sent here by government and armed by the king
And I'm told I must kill men in order to bring
Peace to a foreign land
There he lies on a land that isn't his own
In the grey of the country that he knows as home
I was sent here by government and might not agree
And if someone must kill him, God, why is it me
To bring peace to a foreign land
Don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter
Who ran from the war
Don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter
Who ran from the war
So I bent down to drag him away from the wire
Rifles to the left of me had started to fire
I was riddled with bullets and smiles
I was murdered in blood
And I don't see how murdering somebody could
Bring peace to a foreign land
Don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter
Who ran from the war
Don't despise the deserter
Don't despise the deserter
Who ran from the war
Don't despise the deserter
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.