Dancing at the Palais

I said to my brother "Hey Billy" I said,
"Will you talk to me just for a while,
You've grown awfully quiet,
Which isn't like you,
Won't you treat me to one of your smiles?

I'm hoping to spoil you before very long,
As soon as we're out of this place,
We'll dance at the Palais,
And dine at the Ritz,
Where all of the girls love your face.

But just like young Charlie and Sergeant McCain,
You stubbornly lie on the ground,
I'm feeling so lonely,
Sat here on my own,
With none of you making a sound.

I wish I could move, oh how truly I do,
Because then I could come to your side,
And then I would hold you,
Like when we were kids,
On this day that the pair of us died.

I feel so cold now, so cold I can't bear it,
And all I can hear are the bombs,
As the darkness draws in,
I bid you farewell,
From this awful place here by the Somme

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