Red Rover (Send Them Over) by The Complexities of Carl

Written and produced by Ronald Allen Bell and G-Dawg Trading~ Red Rover… Red Rover… [Verse 1] In the mud and the rain, where the poppies will grow We huddle together, the boys that I know The sergeant is calling, his voice cold and low “Get ready, men, soon it’s time for the show” [Pre-Chorus] Hands linked in a chain like the game from our youth But this isn’t playtime—this is cold, bitter truth [Chorus] Red Rover, Red Rover, send Bobby right over! He charges the hill as the cannons take over Red Rover, Red Rover, the bullets fly closer Sending him over… to the arms of his maker Red Rover, Red Rover, send them all over One by one falling like leaves in October [Verse 2] Letters from home, full of hope and of pride They don’t know the horror on this other side The wire is tangled, the ground soaked in red We bury our brothers where the living once tread [Chorus] Red Rover, Red Rover, send Willie right over! His laughter is silenced as death pulls him over Red Rover, Red Rover, no more will he rover The fields claim another—game over and over [Bridge] (slower, stripped back, emotional—solo voice + piano) How many more names will this rover demand? How many young lives in this no-man’s land? Mothers and sweethearts will wait by the door For sons who went over and won’t come back no more [Final Chorus – building with full choir and orchestra] Red Rover, Red Rover, the whole line goes over! The youth of a nation lost in the clover Red Rover, Red Rover, the war keeps on calling Sending them over… till no one’s left standing [Outro] (fade with echoing vocals and repeating Am – Dm vamp, distant bugle call dissolving into silence) Red Rover… send them over… Red Rover… they’re all over…