Sergeant Grey was caught on a hill
With the enemy all around
Lying on the ground with his band of men
The fighting lasted all through the night
And the best part of the day
And only Sergeant Grey survived
And the world called him a hero
Back in '45
The world called him a hero
But he was only trying to get home alive
They all turned out to welcome him home
They even had a band
A general shook his hand
And read a speech aloud
Then they all marched off and left him alone
With his medal made of steel
But the sergeant didn't feel so proud
For the world called him a hero
The strangest thing of all
That nobody but he knows
He never really wanted to fight at all
Sergeanr Grey was just a simple man
Until the day when he first had to kill
Now every night in each of his dreams
The sergeant tries to find
The men he left behind on the hill
And the world called him a hero
They didn't understand
When the world called him a hero
That deep inside, a hero is just a man.