Parade

The crowd is looking drowned and a mother in tears
There are flip-flapping flags in the silence
And a national anthem's a blues in these days
Flag him down, rest in peace
What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back

He's live on TV
He's dead as a hero can be
But he didn't die for nothing, my dear
The video of his death is traveling the world

Flag him down, rest in peace
What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back
The boys are coming back
When the boys are coming back in coffins... in coffins...

Way back in the crowd
A girl says goodbye to a boy
To a boy who's parading to Heaven
And she puts all the blame on the government

Flag him down, rest in peace
What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back
The boys are coming back
When the boys are coming back...

He's live on TV
(dead as a hero can be)
When the boys are parading to Heaven, my friend
Put all the blame on you... on you...

On you.