Never Returned (Lyrics)

He dropped outta school when he was 16 Said: mum and dad, I'm gonna be a royal marine So he went down to the AFCO And signed his name to the Queens payroll Basic training went by in the breeze Didn't break a sweat, he passed it with ease A lot dropped out, but not our boy The next thing he knows, he's on foreign soil Shoved to the front with a gun in his hand The boy that went out came back a different man His eyes once bright now seemed dull What he saw coz he never told For six months at a time he's on the front line Then back home again to see his family and friends But time moves quick and he's off again That's the last time that he'll see them I don't know what he saw He never said a word Cos the boy that went away never returned [x2] He dropped outta school when he was 16 Said: mum and dad, I'm gonna be a royal marine So he went down to the AFCO And signed his name to the Queens payroll Was it worth all the broken hearts? Fighting words that ain't even ours Believe it or not, but he did come back In the wooden box drapped in the union jack I don't know what he saw He never said a word Cos the boy that went away never returned [x2] I don't know what he saw He never said a word Cos the boy that went away never returned [x4]