This War

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