I put my arms around him
But tonight the war is over
We make love too hard too fast
He wakes with the shakes and he drinks from his flask
They die so so fast there's no time to prepare
And nothing lasts forever
Nothing will ever be the same
The old worlds gone gone up in flames
Qui-a pius es
Hold me neath the Paris skies
Of the look of death and the ghastly stench
And who am I to deny them
He puts two roses in a vase
And hides his pain by acting proud
Of a soldier's life inside a trench
Tomorrow's soon enough to die
He drinks too much and he laughs too loud
He speaks to me in schoolboy French
Requiem aeternaum dona e-is Domine
He falls asleep his face a mask
Domine cum sanctic tu-is in aeternum
Playfully I tease him
And a woman's arms to hide him
He greets me with a courtly bow
Tonight the war is over
Aeternum qui-api-us es
Let us dance beneath the moon
Who needs one night's cheap ecstasy
But there's always another with the same funny bow
Two roses sadly out of place
I do my best to please him
And there's nothing, nothing that can save him now
A decent grave to surround them
I'll sing to you, "Claire de Lune'
Old world glory old world fame
The morning always comes too soon
How can I deny him?
Oh I'd pray for him but I've forgotten how
In Belguim and France the dead are everywhere
They die in the trenches and they die in the air
Let's not talk of how or why
Lux aeterna, Luce-at e-is
Et lux perpetua luce-at- e-is Cum sancris tu-is in
Like the gallant smile on his haggard face
Qui-a pius es
Requiem aeternaum dona e-is Domine
Qui-a pius es
But tonight the war is over
