Give the kid the pick of pips
(B.F.P.O.)
(What could he do? Should have been a rock star)
(B.F.P.O.)
Army dreamers
(Mammy's hero)
Army dreamers
Like a chicken with a fox
Did n, did n, did n, dum
(What could he do? Should have been a father)
Four men in uniform
Army dreamers, oh
He couldn't win the war with ego
And give him all your stripes and ribbons
Ooh, what a waste of
Did n, did n, did n, dum
(What could he do? Should have been a rock star)
Ooh, what a waste of
"Mammy's hero"
Mourning in the aerodrome
(Army dreamers)
(B.F.P.O.)
What a waste
(What could he do? Should have been a father)
But he never had a proper education
Army dreamers
The weather warmer, he is colder
Did n, did n, did n, dum
He might as well have buttons and bows
(B.F.P.O.)
(Army dreamers)
But he never even made it to his twenties
(Mammy's hero)
Now he's sitting in his hole
Ooh, what a waste of all that
But he never had a proper education
No harm heroes
"B.F.P.O."
Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Army dreamers
Did n, did n, did n, dum
To carry home my little soldier
(What could he do? Should have been a politician)
(What could he do? Should have been a politician)
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
But he never even made it to his twenties
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
(Mammy's hero)
We've a bunch of purple flowers
Army dreamers
"Mammy's hero"
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
Army dreamers
Army dreamers
Tears o'er a tin box
What a waste
To decorate a mammy's hero
Our little army boy
