Kate Bush - Army Dreamers

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Song Lyrics

"B.F.P.O.*"
Army dreamers.
"Mammy`s hero."
"B.F.P.O."
"Mammy`s hero."

Our little army boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
I`ve a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy`s hero.

Mourning in the aerodrome,
The weather warmer, he is colder.
Four men in uniform
To carry home my little soldier.

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star."
But he didn`t have the money for a guitar.
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician."
But he never had a proper education.
"What could he do?
Should have been a father."
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.

Tears o`er a tin box.
Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn`t to know,
Like a chicken with a fox,
He couldn`t win the war with ego.

Give the kid the pick of pips,
And give him all your stripes and ribbons.
Now he`s sitting in his hole,
He might as well have buttons and bows.

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star."
But he didn`t have the money for a guitar.
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician."
But he never had a proper education.
"What could he do?
Should have been a father."
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of all that
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers, oh...

("B.F.P.O.")
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
Army dreamers.
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
("Mammy`s hero.")
("B.F.P.O.")
Army Dreamers.
("Mammy`s hero.")
("B.F.P.O.")
No harm heroes.
("Mammy`s hero.")
("B.F.P.O.")
Army dreamers.
("Mammy`s hero.")
("B.F.P.O.")
No harm heroes.
("Mammy`s hero.")
("B.F.P.O.")
Mammy`s darling.
("Mammy`s hero.")

[*--"B.F.P.O.": British Forces Posted Overseas.]

Release History

1980

Army Dreamers

1. Army Dreamers
2. Delius
3. Passing Through Air (2:05)

1980

Army Dreamers / Babooshka

1. Army Dreamers
2. Babooshka

1984

Kate Bush

1. Babooshka
2. Delius (Song of Summer) (2:51)
3. Moving / The Saxophone Song (3:03)
4. Hammer Horror (4:37)
5. Wuthering Heights
6. Don't Push Your Foot on The Heartbrake (3:11)
7. The Kick Inside
8. Violin
9. The Infant Kiss / Night Scented Stock (0:50)
10. Army Dreamers
11. L'amour Looks Something Like You

2005

Kate Bush Sampler

1. Lily (3:53)
2. The Man with The Child in His Eyes
3. Army Dreamers
4. Moments of Pleasure (5:18)
5. The Woman's Work
6. Hounds of Love
7. The Song of Solomon (4:29)
8. Running up that hill
9. Top of The City (4:15)

1993

Moments Of Pleasure: The Best Works 1978-1993

1. Rubberband Girl (4:45)
2. And So is Love (4:18)
3. Eat The Music (5:11)
4. Moments of Pleasure (5:18)
5. The Red Shoes (4:03)
6. Why should I love you (5:02)
7. You're The One (5:53)
8. Rubberband Girl (Extended Mix) (7:06)
9. Moving
10. The Saxphone Song (3:48)
11. The Man with The Child in His Eyes
12. Wuthering Heights (New Vocal) (4:56)
13. Symphony in Blue (3:34)
14. Wow (3:58)
15. Babooshka
16. The Wedding List
17. Violin
18. Army Dreamers
19. Sat in Your Lap
20. The Dreaming
21. Running up that hill
22. Hounds of Love
23. The Big Sky
24. Cloudbusting
25. The Sensual World (3:53)
26. This Woman's Work (3:31)
27. December Will Be Magic Again
28. Un Baiser D'enfant
29. Experiment IV (4:21)
30. "Running up That Hill (12"" Mix) (5:45)
31. Cloudbusting (The Organon Mix) (6:31)