Casualties of War

<br>Casualties of War!<br><br>Casualties of war; as I approach the barricade<br>Where`s the enemy? Who do I invade?<br>Bullets of Teflon, bulletproof vest rip<br>Tear ya outta ya frame with a bag full of clips<br>Cause I got a family that waits for my return<br>To get back home is my main concern<br>I`ma get back to New York in one piece<br>but I`m bent in the sand that is hot as the city streets<br>Sky lights up like fireworks blind me<br>Bullets, whistlin over my head remind me...<br>President Bush said attack<br>Flashback to Nam, I might not make it back<br>Missile hits the area, screams wake me up<br>from a war of dreams, heat up the M-16<br>Basic training, trained for torture<br>Take no prisoners, and I just caught ya<br>Addicted to murder, send more bodybags<br>They can`t identify em, leave the nametags<br>I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor<br>CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)<br><br>Day divides the night and night divides the day<br>It`s all hard work and no play<br>More than combat, it`s far beyond that<br>Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack<br>Area`s mapped out, there`ll be no, Stratego<br>Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go<br>But what are we here for? Who`s on the other side of the wall?<br>Somebody give the President a call<br>But I hear warfare scream through the air<br>Back to the battlegrounds, it`s war they declare<br>A Desert Storm: let`s see who reigns supreme<br>Something like Monopoly: a government scheme<br>Go to the Army, be all you can be<br>Another dead soldier? Hell no, not me<br>So I start letting off ammunition in every direction<br>Allah is my only protection<br>But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same<br>and this is Asia, from where I came<br>I`m on the wrong side, so change the target<br>Shooting at the general; and where`s the sergeant?<br>Blame it on John Hardy Hawkins for bringing me to America<br>Now it`s mass hysteria<br>I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor<br>CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)<br><br>The war is over, for now at least<br>Just because they lost it don`t mean it`s peace<br>It`s a long way home, it`s a lot to think about<br>Whole generation, left in doubt<br>Innocent families killed in the midst<br>It`ll be more dead people after this<br>So I`m glad to be alive and walkin<br>Half of my platoon came home in coffins<br>Except the general, buried in the Storm<br>in bits and pieces no need to look for em<br>I played it slick and got away with it<br>Rigged it up so they would think they did it<br>Now I`m home on reserves and you can bet<br>when THEY call, I`m going AWOL<br>Cause it ain`t no way I`m going back to war<br>when I don`t know who or what I`m fighting for<br>So I wait for terrorists to attack<br>Every time a truck backfires I fire back<br>I look for shelter when a plane is over me<br>Remember Pearl Harbor? New York could be over, G<br>Kamikaze, strapped with bombs<br>No peace in the East, they want revenge for Saddam<br>Did I hear gunshots, or thunder?<br>No time to wonder, somebody`s going under<br>Put on my fatigues and my camoflouge<br>Take control, cause I`m in charge<br>When I snapped out of it, it was blood, dead bodies on the floor<br>CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)