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Wellington's Lament

from Autobisongraphy by Dave Atkinson

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2019. From the album Starfish 2020. Based on something Wellington wrote after Waterloo.

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Let there peace in your lifetime
I was a soldier once and young
Second only to the misery of losing
The misery of having won.

When the battle was all over
Then I could see what we had done
Second only to the misery of losing
The misery of having won.

Look at the fruits of our victory
Human windfall rotting in the sun
Second only to the misery of losing
The misery of having won.

We all have our fatherless children
Our widows and our mothers without sons
Second only to the misery of losing
The misery of having won.

Once there were graveyards with flowers
Then young girls picked them every one
Second only to the misery of losing
The misery of having won.

I may be written down in history
As the one who beat Napoleon
Second only to the misery of losing
The misery of having won.

©Dave Atkinson 2019

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from Autobisongraphy, track released November 30, 2021

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Dave Atkinson Chester, UK

I have been writing songs since 1967 when I was 17 and since I have accumulated over 440. Early influences were Dylan, Cohen, Jackson Browne Joni Mitchell, Kristofferson. Though never 'successful' in any conventional sense, my songs and guitar have led many sing-rounds and a couple of 1970's albums sell for £100s as 'rare vinyl'. Above all, it has been a happy adventure. www.atkinsongs.co.uk ... more

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