There was soldiers marching on the Common today   They were there again this evening   They paced up and down like sea birds on the ground   Before the storm clouds gathering      I must buy whatever tinned food is left on the shelves   They're testing the air raid sirens   They've filled up the blood banks and emptied the beds   At the hospital and he asylum      Saw a man build a shelter in his garden today   As we stood there idly chatting   He said, "No, no, I don't think war will come"   Yet still, he carried on digging      Everything in my life that I love   Could be swept away without warning   Yet the birds still sing and the church bells ring   And the sun came up this morning      Life goes on as it did before   As the country drifts slowly to war