Iron Hand

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With all the clarity of a dream 
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The sky so blue,  the grass so green 
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The rank and file and the navy blue 
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   The deep and strong,  the straight and true 
  
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The blue line, they got the given sign 
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The belts and boots march forward in time 
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The wood and leather,  the club and shield 
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   Swept like a wave across the battlefield 
  
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Now with all the clarity of a dream 
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The blood so red,  the grass so green 
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The gleam of spur on the   chestnut flank 
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   The cavalry did burst upon the ranks 
  
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Oh, the iron will and the iron hand 
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In England's green and pleasant land 
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No music for the   shameful scene 
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   That night they said it had even shocked the Queen 
  
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Well, alas, we've seen it all before 
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Knights in armour,  days of yore 
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The same old fears and the   same old crimes 
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   We haven't changed   since ancient times