No more war Lately these days I get so paranoid There's so many stories of families broken Fathers being deployed All for this war that no one really wants Too many dog tags Too many headstones Too many dying to count
And if we could today we'd bring them all back home But they'll never listen these politicians Their hearts have turned to stone And if we had a voice then by God we'd be heard But we're so divided And we're undecided So we never say a word
And we all go to sleep Like good little sheet Never make a peep So I'm taking a stand And I'm making demands And I'll stand even if I have to stand alone And say bring the troops back home
With all of the beauty to behould in this world Why would you want to feed the destruction With all of the wonders to witness in this world Why would you want to see armageddon With all of the things that you could be in this world Why would you go and be a soldier man
Oh I... Oh I I think I know why 'Cause when you were three years old They put a toy gun in your hand And they showed you shows of g. I. Joe's How could you overstand The difference between fiction and reality Oh, if your parents knew how it impacted you They would have burned the tv
But they were too busy Working for the man Yeah, they were too busy Just fitting into the plans So when you were six years old They put you in the boy scouts So harmless, it seemed to be marching Waving the flag about But they already got you wearing That uniform on your back Using weapons, earning medals Gaining rank in your pack
Yeah, it's the symbolism That keeps you coming back Exoteric symbolism Into your subconscious they tap Why it's the symbolism Keep you slipping through the cracks Yeah, it's the symbolism Got your mind under attack But youth put on your thinking cap Don't get caught up in their trap, no
With all of the creativity in this world Why would you create nuclear weapons With all of the wonders to witness in this world Why would you want to see armageddon With all of the billion things to be in this world Oh, why would you go and be a soldier man
Oh, I... Oh, I'm starting to see why 'Cause when you were thirteen years old You joined the rotc The high school version of your immersion in the military They got you dreaming of that m16 in your hand Heroically killing enemies for democracy in a foreign land
Why it's the mind control That keeps you killing blindly Government mind control Been going on for centuries So when you were eighteen years old The recruiters came to your school With fancy dress and propaganda Trying to make you their fool Telling you you're never gonna amount to anything But look at all the rewards and benefits Uncle sam can bring
Just sign on the dotted line The officer says with a grin Sign your name on the dotted line Trust in us, we'll take you in Just pick up the pen and sign We'll take care of everything Sign your name on the dotted line And your bright future can begin But can you hear the bugle play As you sign your life away
Give me one good reason Give me one good outcome From all of this killing It don't make no sense So many are dying Orphaned babies crying In the name of freedom What a false pretense
But all the money All the power All the souls that you devour Mister politician man Could never equal To the power of jah love That I hold in the fingers Of my pure clean hands
So mister soldier man I'm begging you to come back home Oh, military man Leave them war machines alone 'Cause them politicians sit in their mansion Reaping all the benefits While you lay dying in the trenches And they don't give a shit... No
Oh, lord there's got to be A better way to communicate I don't believe that killing men Makes us more safe Lord, I know the opposite is true How 'bout you Do you buy into the news Have they got you so confused
When I feel the pressure in the air I get so scared Will we live to see another day Another month, another year How can I protect my family From these crazy leaders addicted to war Tell them we don't need no more of these Broken dreams and fantasies All fallen down the well
Oh, daddy's gone And left his family A living hell So many dies Lifeless they lie In graves with names unknown
Oh, mommy cries Waits for her son Who ain't never coming home Oh, no... So we don't need Oh, no, no... We don't need Oh, no... We don't need no more war Oh, no... our wounds won't mend By hurting them So what are we fighting for Oh, no, no... We don't need Oh, no, no... We don't need Oh, no... We don't need no more war
Not in iraq! Not in afghanistan... No! Not in lybia! Not in isreal! Palestine, no! We don't wanna see No, no more of our brothers Coming home in body bags Wrapped up in american flags Blood in american flags
We don't wanna see, no more Villages burned to the ground We don't wanna see, no more Innocent victims dying No more orphaned babies crying We don't want no more... No more No more war! Oh, no, no... We don't need Oh, no, no... We don't need Oh, no... We don't need no more war