[ti:'39 (Live, European Tour / 1979)] [ar:Queen] [al:Live Killers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.57]'39 (Live, European Tour / 1979) - Queen [00:02.11]Lyrics by:Brian May [00:03.09]Composed by:Brian May [00:17.46]In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers [00:21.97]In the days when the lands were few [00:26.70]And the ship sailed out into the blue and misty morn [00:31.61]The sweetest sight ever seen [00:35.95]And the night followed day and the story tellers say [00:40.63]The score brave souls inside [00:44.88]For so many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas [00:49.52]Ne'er looked back never feared never cried [00:54.10]Don't you hear my call though you're many years away [00:59.01]Don't you hear me calling you [01:03.37]Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand [01:08.06]In the land that our grandchildren knew [01:42.46]In the year of '39 a slipper ship came from the blue [01:46.78]The volunteers came home that day [01:51.39]And they bring good news from a world so newly born [01:56.02]Though their hearts so heavenly weigh [02:00.63]Now the Earth is old and grey [02:02.91]To a new home went away [02:05.49]But my love this cannot be [02:09.74]For so many years are gone [02:12.09]Now I'm older but a year [02:14.30]Your mother's eyes and your eyes cry to me [02:19.05]Don't you hear my call though you're many years away [02:23.74]Don't you hear me calling you [02:28.22]Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand [02:32.92]In the land when our grandchildren knew [02:37.54]Don't you hear my call though you're many years away [02:42.10]Don't you hear me calling you [02:46.59]All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand [02:51.48]Or my life still ahead pity me