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Intro

Eight years ago on a summers night

 On the streets of L.A. was our first fight

Turned out to be the first of many more

The country was all in up rise

Who the blame and who to fight

 Who to kill and bomb

 To settle the score

You said "My love, at times like these

You don't dare question the president,"

And I raised my voice to the girl I most adore

I said "I know it's hard for you to see

 But I will not blindly follow one who blindly leads

 No matter what the cause."

Three thousand dead in NYC

 And now three thousand more across the sea

 No-one can tell me what for

And I'm not one to say I told you so

 But time has passed, and now we know

 That honey, I was right about the war

Rich man's chess game is called "a war"

And the pawns they use are named "the poor"

And no-one ever wins

And I say for shame on anyone

Who orders young men to shoot a gun

 For these gods you all kill and die so easily for

My dear, the end is coming soon

 Not for the Earth, but for me and you

 And every other soul who shares the world

 Kill a million men, but ideas will still endure

People were not meant to shoot for sport

God dammit, I was right about the war