Jackets, Shirts & Trousers
David Brown
We were sent outside
To bring back flesh and hide
To face the tooth and claw
Of the creator’s shopping mall
Using our bigger brain
To find new ways to kill and maim
Jacket, shirt and trousers
All that choice allows us
Jacket, shirt and trousers
Your country needs you
To wear shiny combat boots
And to march with the brave
To an early, unmarked grave
Always dependable
To be expendable
A silk tie and a handkerchief
May be the dress code of the chief
You won’t see a heart on his sleeve
Or what he’s wearing underneath
And when you’re wracked with pain
You must act like big John Wayne
And with a drawer-sized jaw
Keep on standing straight and tall
As you go down with the ship
Trying to smile with a stiff upper lip
Jacket, shirt and trousers
All that choice allows us
Jacket, shirt and trousers
Please send no flowers
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