Chuck Payne (ASL)
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I found this when going through some old directories. I hope you enjoy it.
Eastern Gate
Written By: Chuck Payne
To the tune of Barry McGuire’s “Eve Of Destruction”
With apologies of course.
Eastern Gate, it is explodin,
Bugles blarin’, cannons loadin’.
They’re hard enough to kill
‘Cause they keep step reducin’
Before they start a breakin’.
They may win this war,
If their animals keep guns a packin’
We won’t win this war
Unless we stop retreatin’.
Why even the Irrawady
Has bodies floatin’.
But ya tell me over and over
And over again, my friend.
Ah, ya’ don’t believe we’re on
The eve of invasion.
Don’t you bloody well understand
That we are tryin’ to stay.
Control your fears
And stop running away.
If Rangoon falls,
Our Empire will crumble and decay.
There will be no Singapore left to save,
After they bayonet our brave,
And our fleet is in a watery grave.
Take a look around ya’ ol’ Boy!
Don’t it scare ya’ Boy.
And ya tell me over and over
And over again, my friend.
Ah, ya’ don’t believe our Empire’s on
The eve of destruction.
Yeah, my blood runs so cold
It starts coagulatin’.
Our army here just stagnatin’.
It won’t stop the Japs
‘Cause of some stupid regulation.
Handful of generals just doin’ nothin’.
And forced marches alone
Won’t change the situation.
While high command is just administratin’
The whole bloody army can’t keep
The colonies from just disintegratin’.
And ya tell me over and over
And over again, my friend.
Ah, ya’ don’t believe we’re in
For Imperial unification.
Eastern Gate
Written By: Chuck Payne
To the tune of Barry McGuire’s “Eve Of Destruction”
With apologies of course.
Eastern Gate, it is explodin,
Bugles blarin’, cannons loadin’.
They’re hard enough to kill
‘Cause they keep step reducin’
Before they start a breakin’.
They may win this war,
If their animals keep guns a packin’
We won’t win this war
Unless we stop retreatin’.
Why even the Irrawady
Has bodies floatin’.
But ya tell me over and over
And over again, my friend.
Ah, ya’ don’t believe we’re on
The eve of invasion.
Don’t you bloody well understand
That we are tryin’ to stay.
Control your fears
And stop running away.
If Rangoon falls,
Our Empire will crumble and decay.
There will be no Singapore left to save,
After they bayonet our brave,
And our fleet is in a watery grave.
Take a look around ya’ ol’ Boy!
Don’t it scare ya’ Boy.
And ya tell me over and over
And over again, my friend.
Ah, ya’ don’t believe our Empire’s on
The eve of destruction.
Yeah, my blood runs so cold
It starts coagulatin’.
Our army here just stagnatin’.
It won’t stop the Japs
‘Cause of some stupid regulation.
Handful of generals just doin’ nothin’.
And forced marches alone
Won’t change the situation.
While high command is just administratin’
The whole bloody army can’t keep
The colonies from just disintegratin’.
And ya tell me over and over
And over again, my friend.
Ah, ya’ don’t believe we’re in
For Imperial unification.
