Pink Floyd - Southampton Dock

Southampton Dock

They disembarked in 45
And no-one spoke and no-one smiled
There were to many spaces in the lin e.
Gathered at the cenotaph
All agreed with the hand on heart
To sheath the sacrificial Knifes.
But now
She stands upon Southampton dock
With her handkerchief
And her summer frock clin gs
To her wet body in the rain .
In quiet desperation knuckles
White upon the slippery rein s
She bravely waves the boys Goodbye again .
And sti will the dark stain spreads between
His shoulder blades.
A mute remin der of the poppy fields and graves.
And when the fight was over
We spent what they had made.
But in the bottom of our hearts
We felt the fin al cut.