With all of the beauty to behould in this world
Why would you want to feed the destruction
With all of the wonders to witness in this world
Why would you want to see armageddon
With all of the things that you could be in this world
Why would you go and be a soldier man
'Cause when you were three years old
They put a toy gun in your hand
And they showed you shows of g. I. Joe′s
The difference between fiction and reality
Oh, if your parents knew how it impacted you
They would have burned the tv
Just fitting into the plans
So when you were six years old
They put you in the boy scouts
So harmless, it seemed to be marching
But they already got you wearing
That uniform on your back
Using weapons, earning medals
Gaining rank in your pack
That keeps you coming back
Into your subconscious they tap
Keep you slipping through the cracks
Got your mind under attack
But youth put on your thinking cap
Don't get caught up in their trap, no
With all of the creativity in this world
Why would you create nuclear weapons
With all of the wonders to witness in this world
Why would you want to see armageddon
With all of the billion things to be in this world
Oh, why would you go and be a soldier man
Oh, I, oh, I′m starting to see why
′Cause when you were thirteen years old
The high school version of your immersion in the military
They got you dreaming of that m16 in your hand
Heroically killing enemies for democracy in a foreign land
Why it's the mind control
That keeps you killing blindly
Been going on for centuries
So when you were eighteen years old
The recruiters came to your school
With fancy dress and propaganda
Trying to make you their fool
Telling you you′re never gonna amount to anything
But look at all the rewards and benefits
Just sign on the dotted line
The officer says with a grin
Sign your name on the dotted line
Trust in us, we'll take you in
Just pick up the pen and sign
We′ll take care of everything
Sign your name on the dotted line
And your bright future can begin
But can you hear the bugle play
As you sign your life away
I′m begging you to come back home
Leave them war machines alone
'Cause them politicians sit in their mansion
While you lay dying in the trenches
And they don't give a shit, no
Oh, lord there′s got to be
A better way to communicate
I don′t believe that killing men
Lord, I know the opposite is true
Have they got you so confused
When I feel the pressure in the air
Will we live to see another day
Another month, another year
How can I protect my family
From these crazy leaders addicted to war
Tell them we don′t need no more of these
Broken dreams and fantasies
Who ain′t never coming home
Oh, no, no, we don′t need
Oh, no, we don't need no more war
Oh, no, our wounds won't mend
So what are we fighting for
Oh, no, no, we don′t need
Oh, no, no, we don′t need
Oh, no, we don't need no more war
We don't wanna see, no more
Villages burned to the ground
We don′t wanna see, no more
No more orphaned babies crying
We don't want no more, no more
Oh, no, no, we don′t need
Oh, no, no, we don't need
Oh, no, we don't need no more war