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They came here in '41,When I was just a boy,The Docklands streets they left behindThe bombers then destroyedAll scattered through our valleyIn hamlets and in farmsTo shelter from the storms of warHidden from all harmOh, hidden from all harmThat first summer long and warm,The fighters overheadA bomb fell on the hillside,And shook us in our beds,Flirting with those city girls,And fighting with it's sons,But come the early autumn fall,We lived and laughed as one,Oh, we lived and laughed as one.My father farmed the hillside fieldsThat shadowed half the ValeBehind his back we walked aloneAnd watched the moon set sailThe victory gained, they all returnedI had no cause to doubtSongtexteHer promise to return to meBefore the year was out,Before the year was out.Season after season fellWith no hand at my doorI fell to sense and reasonNot waiting anymoreOh, the Sunday hymns we used to singI faltered on each verseAnd tried to say a prayer for herIt came out like a curseOh, it came out like a curse.When forty years had passed, one day,My son walked in our laneA stranger stopped his car and shook his handAnd asked his nameFrom where I stood, they looked just likeTwo brothers face to face,I walked towards them through the meadowsWhere we once embraced,Oh, where we once embraced.She was here in '41,When I was just a boy. Aus Songtexte Mania