Hellfire Blues

Lyrics

It was quiet for days Then the skies turned red with spite It was quiet for days Then the skies turned red with spite All hell's breaking out Along the coast tonight In a backstreet road A row of houses burned In a backstreet road A row of houses burned There's blood seeping out Where someone's head was turned From high above The bombs were raining down From high above The bombs were raining down As the sirens sounded out Across the town Tracers flashed through The jet-black oily smoke Tracers flashed through The jet-black oily smoke Shells exploded But the spirit never broke Came all clear And bluebirds flew day long Came all clear And bluebirds flew day long Vera Lynn sang Her patriotic song I looked out to sea Through the silent airman's eyes I looked out to sea Through the silent airman's eyes God rest his soul For the ever open skies