Scrape the mud off your boots and let's go home Throw your gun in the dirt we're going home They can't tell us what to do anymore I'm sick of fighting their bloody war. Take your mind off your brother lying there Though he died for his flag he didn't care In the morning light when the time drew nigh I heard him pray "Lord Don't let me die, don't let me die". We take the brunt of the argumental ways An' it all rests on what the politician says But he ain't lying here in the smell of blood He's too busy shouting "The cause is good" "The cause is good" "The cause is good" "The cause is good" "The cause is good"