He said goodbye to all his family A wife, three sons to fight for his country Oh a lucky man am I Such a lucky man am I The war arrived, England needed every man They called my dad, just an ordinary man Oh a lucky man am I Such a lucky man am I I try so hard to think of him beneath the desert sun This ordinary man whose hands were forced to hold a gun I look at this old man; I try to look inside his eyes Imagine all the sights and sounds And pictures in his mind Returning home to near normality His wife gave him a son and yes the son You know was me Oh a lucky man am I Such a lucky man am I