The Ballad of Bull

Sometimes war is killing Sometimes it's saving lives It's the judgement of faith It's nothing that man can dictate Corporal Leslie Allen carried them from Tambu Saved his brothers in arms when no would follow through There and back again Bull just carried on Under fire he carried them out one by one There and back again Bullets all around All of the members that he carried away Twelve men would now live to see one more day His fear held at bay As he carried them away Sometimes war is killing Sometimes it's saving lives From Australia's shore Bull Allen went to war Sometimes war is saving Sometimes it's taking lives Thanks to one single man A dozen more survived There and back again Bull just carried on Under fire he carried them out one by one There and back again Bullets all around All of the men that he carried away Twelve men would now live to see one more day His fear held at bay As he carried them away Some men return from a war in a bag And yet the world knows their story Almost return unwilling to grant a life and humble at heart Nooooooo There and back again Bull just carried on Under fire he carried them out one by one There and back again Bullets all around All of the men that he carried away Twelve men would now live to see one more day His fear held at bay As he carried them away