There are two bands with the name Tonic 1) Tonic is an American post-grunge rock band formed in 1993 by Emerson Hart, Jeff Russo, Dan Rothchild, and Kevin Shepard. They were signed to Atlas Records and Polydor in 1995. They released the debut album Lemon Parade in 1996. Singles for the songs Open Up Your Eyes, and If You Could Only See, were released in 1996 and 1997 respectively. If You Could Only See received the honor of being Rock Radio's most played song of 1997.
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Tonic

I said to me Da, I said to me Da

I said to me Da I'm not fit for a soldier
I said to me Da, I said to me Da
I said to me Da I'm not fit for a soldier
I said to me Da, I said to me Da
I said to me Da I'm not fit for a soldier
I said to me Da, I said to me Da
I said to me Da I'm not fit for a soldier

For the king he say, the king he say
For now you'll fight or I'll take your land away
For the king he say, the king he say
For now you'll fight or I'll take your land away
For the king he say, the king he say

So over the seas, over the seas
To kill a man that I have never seen
Over the seas (x6)

I won't die for England!
Not for England
Not for England

I said to me ma, I said to me ma,
I said to me ma I sail away now
I said to me ma, I said to me ma,
I said to me ma I sail away now

So over the seas, over the seas
Far away from my Ireland
Over the seas, over the seas,
Far away from Isles of Green.

For the king he say, the king he say
For now you'll fight or I'll take your children
For the king he say, the king he say
For now you'll fight or I'll take your children

So they send me away, they send me away
To kill a man that I have never seen
They send me away (x6)

I won't die for England!
Not for England

Far away from my homeland
Many miles, many miles I would roam
Far from my home
Far from my home
Far from my home
Far and away (x8)

I won't die for England!
Not for England
No Not for England
No Not for England...