Here I stand in a land that isn't my own ?In the green of the country that I know as home ?I was sent here by government armed by the King ?And I'm told I must kill men in order to bring ?Peace to a foreign land There he lies on a land that isn't his own ?In the grey of the country that he knows as home ?He was sent here by government, might not agree ?And if someone must kill him God why is it me? ?To bring peace to a foreign land Chorus ?Don't despise the deserter ?Don't despise the deserter ?Don't despise the deserter ?Who ran from the war So I bent down to drag him away from the wire ?But the rifles to the left of me had started to fire ?He was riddled with bullets smothered in blood ?And I don't see how murdering somebody could ?Bring peace to a foreign land So I ran from the fighting threw down my gun ?And I ran by the moon and slept by the sun ?Now arrested by government charged by the King ?To be shot 'cos I can't kill in order to bring ?Peace to a foreign land