All The Good Men

from Siren Songs Part One by Dave Shiflett

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All the good men finally come home
Marching no more some all alone
Lying beneath flags just as still as a stone

Riding past fields where they used to play
Back to the towns where they would have stayed
Finally home where their mothers prayed through the night

No more tears in those weary eyes
No more prayers to those silent skies
When old men talk war young men will die far away

Far from the fields where they used to play
Far from the towns where they would have stayed
Far from the homes where their mothers prayed for their lives

No more hope in those weary eyes
No more prayers to those silent skies
When old men talk war young men will die far away

Missa Solemnis -- sing sadly sing
Angel of Death -- spread wide your wings
Mothers will weep and bury their dreams in the night

All the good men and women come home
Marching no more, their duty done
Their mothers weep and bury their dreams in the night
In the night

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from Siren Songs Part One, released February 20, 2023

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Dave Shiflett Virginia

Dave Shiflett is a lifelong journalist and writer, musician and, more recently, a composer. He has created a dozen CD-length recordings of songs for female and male vocalists, and another six for solo guitar, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. Most of that music will be archived at this site over the next several months. ... more

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