Bombed Last Night
Bombed last night, and bombed the night before
Going to get bombed tonight If we never get bombed any more When we're bombed, we're scared as we can be Can't stop the bombing sent from higher Germany. They're over us, they're over us, One shell hole for just the four of us, Thank your lucky stars there are no more of us, 'Cause one of us can fill it all alone. Gassed last night, and gassed the night before Going to get gassed tonight; If we never get gassed anymore. When we're gassed, were sick as we can be For Phosgene and Mustard Gas is much too much for me. They're warning us, they're warning us, One respirator for the four of us Thank your lucky stars that three of us can run, So one of us can use it all alone. |
The audience was people that were participating in the war at the time. The song explains that the soldiers are frightened for their lives as every day they are confronted with bombing and gassing that can end their lives in less than a minute. They are also faced with shortages, such as respirators, and that some of them had to make sacrifices that are even life-threatening to them just so another soldier can survive and make it home safely. The idea that they are trying to convey is that they were faced with hard decisions and had a hard life during war as they tried to survive each day.
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