[Verse 1]
Boots hit the porch, I pause
Same old screen door song
Mama on the stoop like
Boy, you took too long
I left with a duffel bag
Now I got scars and smoke
Got medals in a dresser drawer
And a laugh that feels broke
I seen good kids turn old
For a flag and a chain
They told us who to aim at
But never why the pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I'm home, home, home
Hands still shake at night
I keep asking myself
How we sold that fight
[Chorus]
There ain't no reason for war
Ain't no reason for war
Bring my brother back home
There's no reason for war
There ain't no reason for war
Ain't no reason for war
I came back to my baby
There's no reason for war (no war)
[Verse 2]
Corner store on Friday
Little kids on bikes
Old man on the curb says
Son, you made it through life
I nod but I don't tell him
How the dark came free
How I hear the doors slam
In the middle of sleep
I seen mothers in the bleachers
Seen fathers bite they tongue
Seen a whole block praying
For the brave and the young
We don't need more folding flags
More names on stone
We need schoolhouse bells
And a path back home
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I'm home, home, home
Trying to breathe again
If we keep making orphans
Who do we say we win?
[Chorus]
There ain't no reason for war
Ain't no reason for war
Bring my brother back home
There's no reason for war
There ain't no reason for war
Ain't no reason for war
I came back to my baby
There's no reason for war (no war)
[Bridge]
Tape stop, then silence
Then a baby starts to cry
That's the sound I listen to
When I wonder why
I don't want a statue
I don't want a parade
I want the boys alive
I want the guns put away
[Final Chorus]
There ain't no reason for war
Ain't no reason for war
Bring my brother back home
There's no reason for war
There ain't no reason for war
Ain't no reason for war
I came back to my baby
There's no reason for war (no war)
There ain't no reason for war
Ain't no reason for war
Let the sons come home now
There's no reason for war