When I was young, I joined the march
And sang 'The Long Way Down'
There's photos of me carrying
My banner into town
And though it was a lonely path
The bomb we had to ban
I had a dream, I wanted one
I didn't give a damn
verse 2
I met the girl who's with me still
One festival in spring
We loved the tunes we loved the words
We loved to stand and sing
We followed Bob, we followed Paul
We followed with a pram
The times they were a-changin?
And we didn't give a damn
verse 3
Then somewhere in the Seventies
The time just passed us by
We voted left, but shifted right
And Bob found god on high
The mortgage and the office and
The rush hour traffic jam
We chased that golden promise
And we didn't give a damn
verse 4
The Eighties, god bless Maggie
Well, the Eighties they were fine
We re-discovered Paul
And saw the unions brought in line
The British won the Falklands war
Who needed Uncle Sam?
We waved our flags and cheered our lads
And didn't give a damn
Verse 5
I'm sixty now, and so's the wife
Our soldier son was free
He did his bit, he did us proud
We watched him march in line
We saw him get his medal
Saw him smile at his old man
we were so proud he was our son
We didn't give a damn
VERSE 6
Then came that bloody murderer
The fool they call Hussein
To think that he would call our bluff
The man was quite insane
And our lad, he went after him
We got a telegram
Friendly fire, they said it was
And now who gives a damn?
VERSE 7
When I was young, I joined the march
And sang 'The Long Way Down'
There's photos of me carrying
My banner into town
But somewhere down that lonely path
From then, to who I am
I lost my dream, I lost my son
Too late to give a damn
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