I joined the Foreign Legion (to forget)

I joined the Foreign Legion

One Thursday, cold and wet

I think it was December

But you must remember

I joined the Foreign Legion to forget

I joined the Foreign Legion

La Légion Étrangère

One sultry day in July

Back when I still knew why

I joined the Foreign Legion anyway

I joined the Foreign Legion

Became a legionnaire

We marched to far off regions

To forts we'd be besieged in

Then one day

I forgot why I was there

I joined the Foreign Legion

Somebody to forget

She said I'd find it easier

If I had amnesia

Who she was, I do not recollect

I joined the Foreign Legion to forget

To forget