There’s been a lot between usnSuch a lot between usnAnd somehow the road ahead got closednnI left the home of a lifetimenAnd even now I’d have to walk the same linenKnowing the road ahead will closennI wish I’d stayed when you asked menBut I was so young and carefreenNot knowing that the road ahead could closennchorus:nIf only I could face my fearnThen you could wipe away the tearnThat’s spent so long on mother’s cheeknLets raise the flag and sing the songnTo keep the home fires burning onnWhat we have we’ll never give awaynnSo i tried to move a mountainnSo many now, that I’ve stopped countingnAnd always the road ahead is closednnThey tried to cover their tracesnThey lied to hide their facesnBut someday their road ahead will closennIf only I could face my fearnThen you could wipe away the tearnThat’s spent so long on mother’s cheeknLets raise the flag and sing the songnTo keep the home fires burning onnWhat we have we’ll never give awaynnLets raise the flag and sing the songnTo keep the home fires burning onnFor what we have we’ll never give awaynnnLets raise the flag and sing the songnTo keep the home fires burning onnFor what we have we’ll never give awaynnThere’s been a lot between usnSuch a lot between usnAnd somehow the road ahead got closednnI left the home of a lifetimenAnd even now I’d have to walk the same linenKnowing the road ahead will closennAlways the road, always the road