War Won't Work

1.
Get out the war engines
they want some more vengeance
for blood I hear them bay
somebody's got to pay.

 

2.
Believe what they've sold yer
send in some more soldiers
but though they're sacrificed
brings no one back to life.

 

Bridge:
But telling it how it is
just sounds like cowardice
the voice of  reason
like the voice of treason.

 

So let us have a rerun
lets hope again that the gun
is the solution
not just retribution

 

Chorus:
An eye for an eye
foreigners gonna die;
pour on bombs; pour on guns
but the war is never won.

 

A tooth for a tooth
but what terror fears is truth
it loves war because death
feeds it; breeds it, gives it breath.

 

3.
Your shooting an idea
but reasons what they fear
so go on and start a
war and make more martyrs.

 

4.
Follow the same old plan
if you think cavemen can
fix this with stones and sticks
like fictional conflicts.

 

Bridge:

But telling it how it is
just sounds like cowardice
the voice of  reason
like the voice of treason.

 

So let us have a rerun
lets hope again that the gun
is the solution
not just retribution

 

Chorus:
An eye for an eye
foreigners gonna die;
pour on bombs; pour on guns
but the war is never won.

 

A tooth for a tooth
but what terror fears is truth
it loves war because death
feeds it; breeds it, gives it breath.