Peacetime - Eddi Reader

In peacetime

When church bells ring

They scatter birds

Through hopeful skies

In summer fields

A straw-headed boy

With so much to find

In peacetime

And in peacetime

When fires burn

Gunpowder stars

Fill the eyes

Our shadows dance

To flames wild song

And the dark is kind

In peacetime

And in peacetime

When lovers part

There is no fear

In their goodbyes

Tomorrow’s kiss

Each sour joy

Is on their minds

In peacetime

And in peacetime

When flowers bloom

They herald spring

As winter flies

No hearts undone

No mother’s ache

For those left behind

In peacetime

No hearts undone, no mother’s ache

For those left behind

In peacetime

In peacetime