I′m sending you a letter

Because I don't think there′s much time

Time to clear the cobwebsTime to bear the crime

It's only a number

It's only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets

It′s only a number

It′s only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets

I'm lying on a stretcher

They′re lying to my face

There's no-one left to help me

I′m just a waste of space

It's only a number

It′s only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets

It's only a number

It's only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets

It′s a matter of moments

I′ll be dead before you've read

There′s blood on the table

And my back is full of lead

It's only a number

It′s only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets

It's only a number

It′s only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets

It's only a number

It's only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets

It′s only a number

It′s only a death

Another soldier died in action

The telegram regrets