Tank Park Salute

Stephen William Bragg

Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers
Leave the light on at the top of the stairs
Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky
A tree taps on the window pane
That feeling smothers me again
Daddy, is it true that we all have to die?

At the top of the stairs
Is darkness
At the top of the stairs
Is darkness

I closed my eyes and when I looked
Your name was in the memorial book
And what had become of all the things we planned?
I accept the commiserations
Of all your friends and your relations
But there's some things I still don't understand

You were so tall
How could you fall?

Some photographs of a summer's day
A little boy's lifetime away
Is all I've left of everything we've done
Like a pale moon in a sunny sky
Death gazes down as I pass by
To remind me that I'm but my father's son

I offer up to you
This tribute
I offer up to you
This tank park salute

Trivia about the song Tank Park Salute by Billy Bragg

On which albums was the song “Tank Park Salute” released by Billy Bragg?
Billy Bragg released the song on the albums “Don't Try This at Home” in 1991, “Must I Paint You a Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg” in 2003, “Volume II” in 2005, “Live at the Barbican” in 2005, “Live at the Union Chapel London” in 2014, and “The Roaring Forty (1983-2023)” in 2023.
Who composed the song “Tank Park Salute” by Billy Bragg?
The song “Tank Park Salute” by Billy Bragg was composed by Stephen William Bragg.

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