The Seasons

It was a blessèd time we were at the beach Go out early in the morning no shoes no hats no ties And quick as a toad’s tongue can reach Love wounded the hearts of the mad and the wise Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was a military man Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was an artiman In the war It was a blessèd time At mail call We are squeezed in tighter than on a bus And the stars passing by were mimicked by the shells In the night when the cannons came rolling up Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was a military man Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was an artiman In the war It was a blessèd time Days and nights blending The stew-pot shells gave our trench dugout Aluminum shrapnel that you set about Smoothing all day into an unlikely ring Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was a military man Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was an artiman In the war It was a blessèd time The war goes on The Gunners have filed for part of a year Safe in the woods the Driver can hear An unknown star repeating a song Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was a military man Did you know Guy when he galloped along When he was an artiman In the war Translated from the French