[Verse 1]
There’s a letter on the table
With a name I used to know
And the kettle’s softly singing
While the evening turns to snow
There are boots beside the doorway
That will never touch the ground
And a mother keeps the radio low
So she won’t hear the sound
[Pre-Chorus]
Somewhere bells are ringing
Somewhere children play
But the boys who left in summer
Won’t be coming home today
[Chorus]
So let the rain fall down
On every tired town
Wash the smoke out of the morning sky
We don’t need another reason
We don’t need another line
To know that every war
Leaves someone behind
[Verse 2]
There are flowers by the station
Where the trains no longer run
And a photograph is fading
In the pale November sun
They can write it in the papers
They can dress it up as pride
But a flag is just a shadow
When there’s no one left inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Somewhere songs are playing
From a window down the lane
And every note is asking
Why we do it all again
[Chorus]
So let the rain fall down
On every tired town
Wash the smoke out of the morning sky
We don’t need another reason
We don’t need another line
To know that every war
Leaves someone behind
[Bridge]
And I don’t want glory
I don’t want gold
I just want the young ones
To have somewhere to grow old
No speeches in the evening
No medals in a drawer
Just the sound of people living
Where the bombs fell before
[Final Chorus]
So let the rain fall down
On every tired town
Wash the smoke out of the morning sky
We don’t need another reason
We don’t need another line
To know that every war
Leaves someone behind
[Outro]
There’s a letter on the table
And the rain is coming in
May the world be a little kinder
Than the place we’ve been
