This War

<br>You`ve got the mouth of a she wolf<br><br>Inside the mask of an innocent lamb<br><br>You say your heart is all compassion<br><br>But there`s just a flat line on your cardiogram<br><br><br><br>Yet you always made a profit baby<br><br>If it was a famine or a feast<br><br><br><br>Yes, I`m the soul of indiscretion,<br><br>I was cursed with x-ray vision,<br><br>I could see right through all the lies you told,<br><br>When you smiled for the television<br><br><br><br>And you can see the coming battle<br><br>You pray the drums will never cease<br><br>And you may win this war that`s coming<br><br>But would you tolerate the peace?<br><br><br><br>Investing in munitions <br><br>And those little cotton flags<br><br>Invest in wooden caskets <br><br>In guns and body bags, guns and body bags<br><br><br><br>Your daddy was a businessman<br><br>And it always made good sense<br><br>You know the war can make you rich my friend <br><br>In dollars, pounds and cents<br><br><br><br>In the temple that was Mammon`s<br><br>You were ordained the parish priest<br><br>Yes you may win this coming battle<br><br>But could you tolerate the peace?<br><br><br><br>Invest in deadly weapons <br><br>And those little cotton flags<br><br>Invest in wooden caskets <br><br>In guns and body bags<br><br>You`re invested in oppression<br><br>Investing in corruption<br><br>Invest in every tyranny<br><br>And the whole world`s destruction<br><br><br><br>I imagine there`s a future<br><br>When all the earthly wars are over<br><br>You may find yourself just standing there<br><br>On the white cliffs of Dover<br><br><br><br>You may ask, what does it profit a man<br><br>To gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? <br><br>Is that your body you see on the rocks below<br><br>As the tide begins to roll?<br><br><br><br>And you invested in this prison<br><br>From which you never got released<br><br>You may have won this war we`re fighting<br><br>But would you tolerate the peace?<br><br><br><br>There`s a war on our democracy<br><br>A war on our dissent<br><br>There`s a war inside religion<br><br>And what Jesus might have meant <br><br><br><br>There`s a war on mother nature<br><br>A war upon the seas<br><br>There`s a war upon the forests<br><br>On the birds and the bees<br><br><br><br>There`s a war on education <br><br>A war on information<br><br>A war between the sexes<br><br>And every nation<br><br><br><br>A war on our compassion <br><br>A war on understanding<br><br>A war on love and life itself<br><br>It`s war that they`re demanding<br><br><br><br>Make it easy on yourself<br><br>And don`t do nothing