[Verse 1]
The colonel said, “These bodies stink, won't someone come and drag them away?”
We try to clean them up, but they mow us down
And the English colonel looks the other way
Well, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
Well I ran for the trench, but I had no time to speak
Well my heart said, yeah
But my head said, no
When the English colonel said “Its time to go”

[Chorus]
He said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”

[Verse 2]
The colonel's job is never done
So he declares timeout on Christmas Day
We held the enemy in our arms
And we plowed each other's dead into the clay
Oh, the Lord said, “Death will be no longer”
And all of these things will pass away
There'll be no sorrow, and there'll be no pain
And we'll swap cigarettes, on Christmas Day
[Break]
All the loved ones down upon their knees
When the English colonel said, “Its time to leave”
Well my heart said, yes
But my head said, no
When the English colonel said, “Its time to go”

[Chorus]
And he said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”
He said, “What's a few men?”