Sometimes war is killing
Sometimes it's saving lives
It's the judgement of faith
It's nothing that man can dictate

Corporal Leslie Allen carried them from Tambu
Saved his brothers in arms
Went out and followed through

There and back again
Bull just carried on
Under fire he carried them out one by one
There and back again
Bullets all around
Out of the men that he carried away
Twelve men would now live to see one more day
His fear held at bay
As he carried them away

Sometimes war is killing
Sometimes it's saving lives
From Australians shore
Bull Allen went to war

Sometimes war is saving
Sometimes it's taking lives
Thanks to one single man
A dozen more survived

There and back again
Bull just carried on
Under fire he carried them out one by one
There and back again
Bullets all around
Out of the men that he carried away
Twelve men would now live to see one more day
His fear held at bay
As he carried them away


Some men return from a war in a bag
And yet the world knows their story
Others return unwilling to brag
Alive and a humble at heart

Nooooooo

There and back again
Bull just carried on
Under fire he carried them out one by one
There and back again
Bullets all around
Out of the men that he carried away
Twelve men would now live to see one more day
His fear held at bay
As he carried them away