Letters

Young soldiers shine their shoes three times a day
Young soldiers go on leave, they know the way
Young soldiers say goodbye, kiss the girls and make them cry
Then the girls all wonder why they fade away
Old soldiers never die
Never die, never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away

Privates, they love their beer three times a day
Corporals, they love their stripes, and that ain’t hay
Sergeants put you through the mill
They just drill and drill and drill,
And they will drill until they fade away
Old soldiers never die
Never die, never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away

From an old song my father sung when I first met him again after the war of 1941-1946.
He has worked during the war in Birma ,building with all the other captured soldiers and navy-personel the bridge over the river Kwai.

LOVE ALL THAT’S WORTH TO BE LOVED AND PUT ASIDE EVERYTHING THAT’S NOT WORTH TO EVEN THINK ABOUT.

Greater warmth than the glow of a soul will only be when two soul mates find each other.