If you are reading this
And you're home safe
You should know this
John is dead

He led his faithful lot
He fought in the sun
And he was shot, he was shot
By a machine-gun

So say what they will behind his back
Do what they do, souls gone black
Self-proclaimed messiahs
Ain't nothing but liars

Now hwe lies in his grave dead
Thanks for all his deeds gone unsaid
In the fields of somme, in an unmarked grave

So say