Achilles

Lyrics for Achilles

I saw a man this morning Standing on a foreign shore From his eyes tears were falling As he made ready for war He shouted out a warning You slew my sweetest friend And as sure as day is dawning His death will be avenged Was it so hard to die, Achilles So very hard to die? You know and I know not, Achilles So much the happier I You breached the walls of Troy, Achilles Slaughtered a thousand men Patroclus is destroyed, Achilles And can't come back again I saw a man this morning Trudging through a muddy field From the sky a shell was falling With his name scratched in the steel Lend him your shield, Achilles Ask the gods to be his guide All he has is A Shropshire Lad With this poem scrawled inside Was it so hard to die, Achilles So very hard to die? You know and I know not, Achilles So much the happier I Look to the starry skies, Achilles Look to the silver seas They do not live or die, Achilles And neither do we I saw a man this morning He was turning fifty-three And his pampered mind was turning To thoughts of mortality One day I will be nothing Think how funny that will feel For we, the living Death is the Achilles Heel