In the barracks they are waiting In the barracks they are trained The same old story that never ends In the barracks they are waiting. Of nice girls they are dreaming Of nice girls leaving them one day. The same old story that never ends Of nice girls they are dreaming. If they are called, so they must go they're never asked if they want to. The same old story that never ends If they are called, so they must go. At fellow men they aim and shoot, order'd by other fellow men. The same old story that never ends. At fellow men they aim and shoot. Cross amidst crosses, this is their end cross amidst crosses, who thinks of them. The same old story that never ends Cross amidst crosses, this is their end. In the barracks they are waiting In the barracks they are trained The same old story that never ends In the barracks they are waiting.