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HABITS and HEROES

Hoot Music, 1999

words and music by Katherine Wheatley

I have seen you
Running
Full force into bullets
On a beach in France

There is a whole country who won't forget
Who wonders what was going through your head
Those cruel hours that you spent
On the beach in France

Did the loudness of the guns
Make your feet stick in the mud?
Did you think of the one's you loved
On the beach in France?

Did you think "who did this to me?"
Or were you thinking about your country
When you went running into bullets
On a beach in France?

Did you scream your lovers name?
Did you sink with fear and shame
Or did you keep running into bullets
On a beach in France?

Do the seashells by the shore
Still echo with the roar
Or is there peace forever more
On a beach in France?

I have seen you
Running
Full force into bullets
On a beach in France