Magnum: Don't Wake The Lion (Too Old To Die Young)

It was the day that war broke out, everyone seemed excited
While young men boasted and talked of great times
Dark clouds gathered on the maginot line

Sisters and fathers, mothers and sons
All said goodbye, it seemed so much fun
We'll be finished by christmas, back home by the fire
Perish the distance, the bombs and the wire

Don't wake the lion
Don't wake the lion
Don't wake the lion

There's a firework show tonight, everyone's been invited
There's mud on faces with frightened white eyes
And some won't make it through the thunderous noise

Powerful and angry, answer the guns
All through the night, relief never comes
It's a criminal deception, sets man against man
Indicting reflection, a devious plan

Don't wake the lion
Don't wake the lion
Don't wake the lion

Hear what they're saying, come the freeze
You'd better hold on tight
And while you're praying on your knees
Prepare to stand and fight

Someone keeps saying it's written in a book
So keep yourself in line
But you're betraying with every nervous look
That now it's killing time

And from the morning till the night, we try
They said it all would turn out right, but they lied
Yes, they lied

Too old to die young - too big to cry
Too old to die young - to say goodbye
Too old to die young - too big to cry, mama
Too old to die young - to say goodbye

Above the raging, evening sky
Will never be the same
While necks are straining those hidden eyes
Shoot out another flame

And from the morning till the night, we try
They said it all would turn out right, but they lied
Yes, they lied, lied

Too old to die young - too big to cry
Too old to die young - to say goodbye
Too old to die young - too big to cry, mama
Too old to die young - to say goodbye

While the angels sleep tonight, some of us will be hoping
That someone understands who started this fight
Thrown down on foreign shores, so far out of sight

Don't wake the lion
Don't wake the lion

It was the day that war broke out, everyone seemed excited
While young men boasted and talked of great times
Dark clouds gathered, it was a change for all time

Sisters and fathers, mothers and sons
All said goodbye, it seemed so much fun
We'll be finished by christmas, back home by the fire
Perish the distance, the bombs and the wire

Don't wake the lion
Don't wake the lion
Don't wake the lion