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What Is War For
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Nobody wants to die
That's for sure
So can you tell me
What war is for?
Mr. President
I know you're a clever man
Please, can you tell me
In words I'll understand?
No mother on Earth wants to lose her own child
Out on some cold battlefield
So why must soldiers go marching in rank and file
And terrorize and murder?
I'm asking you once more
Tell me what war is for
Mr. President
I know I'm only nine
But I'm frightened in a forest
Of missiles, tanks, and mines
You tell me to run for shelter
Whenever the sirens blow
While my life is put in danger
For reasons I don't know
And the lives of all the others
Do you hear the babies cry
While firebombs and rockets
Rain down from the sky?
They stand there face to face
And could be friends instead
But before they give each other a chance
They shoot each other dead
Come on, how dumb is that?
Tell me what war is for
And did you ask all the billions
Of people all around the globe
If war was ever gonna help them
To ease their heavy load?
Or did you just ask your cronies
How much money they all could make
To adorn their wives with jewellery
While sowing the seeds of hate?
Or is it still about religion
And which god rules above?
If there is or there isn't a heaven?
I thought that the message was love
Or are there any other reasons
For causing so much pain?
Well, I guess that I'm just too young
And I'll understand in a while
I guess I'm still too young
'Cause I'm just a child
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