Brothers In Arms

Vietnam War

Brothers In Arms

by Dire Straits

These mist-covered mountains

Are a home now for me

But my home is the lowlands

And always will be.

Some day you'll return to

Your valleys and your farms

And you'll no longer burn

To be brothers in arms.

Through these fields of destruction

Baptisms of fire

I've witnessed your suffering

As the battle raged high.

And though they hurt me so bad

In the fear and alarm

You did not desert me

My brothers in arms.

There's so many different worlds

So many different suns

And we have just one world

But we live in different ones.

Now the sun's gone to hell

And the moon's riding high.

Let me bid you farewell

Every man has to die.

But it's written in the starlight

And every line in your palm

We're fools to make war

On our brothers in arms.

[Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 13 May 1985 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. 

Brothers in Arms charted at number one worldwide, spending ten weeks at number one on the UK Album Chart (between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and thirty-four weeks at number one on the Australian Album Chart. 

The album is the eighth best-selling album in UK chart history, is certified nine times platinum in the United States, and is one of the world's best selling albums having sold 30 million copies worldwide.

The album won two Grammy Awards in 1986, and also won Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards. Q magazine placed the album at number 51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.]

“I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do, and by the grace of God, I will.” ~Everett Hale

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