[Intro: Laura Nichol]

If he comes back I know just what he’ll say

"Let’s show this day a proper night and celebrate!"

Long gone the weeks of white lines and punctured veins

[Chorus: Laura Nichol & Ben Murray]

The day all generations cried

So sign 'em up, sign 'em up, sign 'em up

We're gonna make a man out of you

Let's line 'em up, line 'em up, line 'em up

Man, now we’re gonna make a ghost of you

So sign 'em up, sign 'em up, sign 'em up

We're gonna make a man out of you

Let's line 'em up, line 'em up, line 'em up

[Verse: Laura Nichol]

He came back, but he wasn’t the same

Sleep showed him nights lit like the day, and life for the take

And I caught him in the morning pulling sandbags from the drain

[Chorus: Laura Nichol & Ben Murray]

While his imagination shouted

So sign 'em up, sign 'em up, sign 'em up

We're gonna make a man out of you

Let's line 'em up, line 'em up, line 'em up

Man, now we’re gonna make a ghost of you

So sign 'em up, sign 'em up, sign 'em up

We're gonna make a man out of you

Let's line 'em up, line 'em up, line 'em up

[Outro: Laura Nichol & Ben Murray]

Remember when we played

Wounded soldiers, broken glass

Half-empty bottles, dying fast

And we stayed awake 'til it was yesterday

Wounded soldiers, broken glass

I know

Half-empty bottles, dying fast

But he never really escaped

Wounded soldiers, broken glass

Half-empty bottles, dying fast

Awake 'til it was yesterday and long past