(THE FUTILITY OF WAR). Oh I was born your only son. And I will think of you. Before this day is done. The fires of hell surround me now. So I must fight for freedom. Against their raging guns. In all my life I never said. How much I loved you. In all this time. I never really said I cared. This war is wrong and so. I write these words. Before I give my life to the Somme. In all my life I never said. How much I loved you. In all this time. I never really knew you. The fires of hell surround me oh. The guns of hell will. Take my breath away. From my life this day. The fires of hell surround me oh. The words I say. Must never disappear. Keep them locked inside your heart. I can hear the piper's song. And it will play for me. Before this day is done. So I will hold my head up high. If I must give my life. To stop their raging guns. Oh I was born your only son. And I thank god for that and. That that will be done.