she's got eyes like a battlefield nurse the kind that keep you calm when all around you things are getting worse oh she's got eyes like a battlefield nurse the kind that keep you calm when all around you things are getting worse oh dying all around can i save but one or two he reaches out to touch me it's the last thing he'll ever do sometimes i feel like a battlefield nurse it's a role that i was born for and did not need to rehearse they say lady tell me how bad is it they grimace and curse and i say don't worry soldier things could be a whole lot worse oh i hold his body and wonder was this comfort that i gave i felt him drowning in me he believed he was being saved so i told him i am not the battlefield nurse i have never saved a soldier and the war keeps getting worse there is no kindness to be found here the nursemaid is a liar she's the chauffer of your herse she's got eyes like a battlefield nurse the kind that keep you calm when all around you things are getting worse she's got eyes like a battlefield nurse the kind that keep you calm when all around you all around you all around you things are getting worse no