The Death Railway

October 1942 to October 1943 over 60 thousand alied prisoners of war built it

Over 12 thousand prisoners died

Steel on steel the sun beats down

Jungle whispers a ghostly sound

Each step we take a borrowed day

Echoes on the rails they cry

For the men who fought and the men who died

In the shadow of the mountains high

Shadows stretch where courage bled

Hands that toiled for scraps of bread

Dreams turned to dust in the heat of dread

Never forget never let it fade

The price they paid the lives they gave

Echoes on the rails they cry

For the men who fought and the men who died

In the shadow of the mountains high

The river ran red but time won’t erase

The scars of the past the human disgrace

We stand here now in a quiet place