We promised to make a difference,  you and I  Both still young, feeling smart  Now in the light of this shaded lamp  I can almost see your smile    Dreamt of travelling land and sea  And thus we did, my friend,  you and me  Thick as thieves we were  Thick as thieves we were    Oh, and time was at our side  Well, at least so we believed  One day our nations prepared for a fight  And you and I had to join opposite sides    Never we shall behold the green fields  Or hear the birds sing in May  Our youth, our old day sacrificed  And with our lives we did pay    Dreamt of travelling land and sea  And thus we did, my friend,  you and me  Thick as thieves we were  Thick as thieves we were    Dreams shattered in filthy trenches  Our lungs filled with musterd gas  Beneath the grey skies,  in the fields of Flanders  Dreams shattered in filthy trenches  Our lungs filled with musterd gas  A torn cross bearing your name  in the grass    Oh, and time was at our side  Well at least so we believed  One day our nations prepaired for a fight  Oh, and time was at our side  Well at least so we believed  And you and I had to join opposite sides    Thick as thieves we were