Originally recorded for my first album XII Taboos. Re-released in 2013 by the UK charity Walking the Front to raise funds for service men and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Jellico Express
Album Lyrics
THE JELLICOE EXPRESS
Always the same waiting for the train
To whistle twice coming round the bend
Never again will I let you die
Or slip away into the sands of time
I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express
10.55; I heard the victory cry
Mama’s alone because my dad has died
The bravest man you set your eyes upon
But now he’s gone into a foreign land
I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express
Whiter than white gravestones and poppies bright
All is quiet on a silent night
Never again waiting for the train
To whistle twice coming round the bend
I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express