If you are reading this And you're home safe You should know this John is dead He led his faithful lot He fought in the sun And he was shot, he was shot By a machine-gun So say what they will behind his back Do what they do, souls gone black Self-proclaimed messiahs Ain't nothing but liars Now hwe lies in his grave dead Thanks for all his deeds gone unsaid In the fields of somme, in an unmarked grave So say