The War is Over

[Mojambo]

Silent Soldiers on a silver screen
Framed in fantasies and dragged in dream
Unpaid actors of the mystery
The mad director knows that freedom will not make you free
And what's this got to do with me

I declare the war is over
It's over, it's over

Drums are drizzling on a grain of sand
Fading rhythms of a fading land
Prove your courage in the proud parade
Trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made
And they're afraid that I'm afraid

I'm afraid the war is over
It's over, it's over

Angry artists painting angry signs
Use their vision just to blind the blind
Poisoned players of a grizzly game
One is guilty and the other gets the point to blame
Pardon me if I refrain

I declare the war is over
It's over, it's over

So do your duty, boys, and join with pride
Serve your country in her suicide
Find the flags so you can wave goodbye
But just before the end even treason might be worth a try
This country is too young to die

I declare the war is over
It's over, it's over

One-legged veterans will greet the dawn
And they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn
And the gargoyles only sit and grieve
The gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived
You only are what you believe

I believe the war is over
It's over, it's over

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Never Again...

I don't know, but it seems to me
What a great world this would be
If everybody stopped their hating
Saw the devil and called him satan

Never again, never again
No more the bugle sounds the battle cry
No more the cannons' roar
No more we die

If all our boundaries melted away
From the China sea to the USA
Flags of war at last were faded
One world at last created

Never again, never again
No more the bugle sounds the battle cry
No more the cannons' roar
No more we die

And if every man on every shore
cast a ballot for peace or war
And when all votes were counted
white dove of peace was mounted

Never again, never again
No more the bugle sounds the battle cry
No more the cannons' roar
No more we die

[hotforteacher]

2. Here Comes the War

Today, as you listen to this song, another 394,000 children
were born into this world .... they break like waves of
hunger and desire upon these eroded shores .... carrying
the curses of history and a history yet unwritten .... the oil
burns in thick black columns the buzz saws echo through
the forest floor .... they shout give us our fair share,
give us justice ....
.... here comes the war

On a grey morning to the south of here two young men in
makeshift uniforms peer into the misty light .... and
figures dart behind the trees as a snap of rifle rounds
echoes out across the fields ... well they hardly know their
sacred mother tongue .... but they know their duty to defend
the flag hanging limp and bloody above the village church ....
while a thousand miles away in a warehouse complex down by
the river .... young money men play paintball games ....
.... here comes the war

Put out the lights on the age of reason ....

Blow out the candle and tell us another of these great stories ....
the ones about serial killers .... let dreams flow into savage
times .... do you hear the sirens scream across the city.
We've had three hot nights in succession .... the hot season is
here again .... dear lord lead us back into the valley of the
shadow of death ....
.... here comes the war

Did you think we were born in peaceful times?

Faster, faster .... like a whirling dervish spinning round ....
faster, faster .... till the centre cannot hold ... faster, faster ....
You screamed give us liberty or give us death
Now you've got both, what do you want next? ....
.... here comes the war

Put out the lights on the age of reason.

--New Model Army