Der Landser

A boy becomes a soldier

Conscription calls him in

Soon baptism of fire

And thus his war begins

He is the Landser

The invincible Landser

In battle after battle

Not one of them was lost

For bravery decorated

His reward the Iron Cross

March direction changing

Eastward all now go

Deep inland penetrations

Then halted by the snow

His Führer leaves him freezing

Bitter taste of defeat

In doubt and desillusioned

The Landser must retreat

Enduring first winter

Once more he storms again

The Blitzmachine in motion

Through unknown barren land

No pausing in the advance

Enter the gates of hell

Stalingrad's Inferno

Will he live to tell?

He is the Landser

The exhausted Landser

His leaders commit treason

In pools of blood an pus

Comes to realization

To be nothing but dust

He is the Landser

The betrayed Landser

One of the few to breath through

Long journey home of fear

And in loving arms of mother

Flow finally the tears