War about the money

(Spoken not song)

The gospel preaches

he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they train for war any more. Isaiah 2:4

Stoicism teaches

“We are mad, not only individually but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders, but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples?” Seneca Letters 95.30

I seen men march

I seen them limp

Same dust on the boots

Same blood on the trim

Boss man smiling

He counts the coins

While the boys lay dead

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I don't praise it

I don't curse the sky

I just watch it turn

When the money runs high

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As long as war pays

They'll keep on warin'

As long as war pays

They'll keep on warin'

(keep on warin')

The grave gets dug

And the brass keep score

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Widows get flags

Boys got coffins

Church bells ringing

Over oil and blood

Old men talk

Like the kills were chess moves

I hold my hat

And stare at the mess

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Same mouth says peace

Then sells more steel

Same hand signs papers

Then hides the deal

As long as they're getting paid it doesn't matter how many graves.

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As long as war pays

They'll keep on warin'

As long as war pays

They'll keep on warin'

(keep on warin')

The grave gets dug

And the brass keep score

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I ain't a hero

Ain't no saint

I just know a lie

When it stairs me in the face

They say they're fighting to keep the peace

But peace can't be found that way

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As long as war pays

They'll keep on warin'

As long as war pays

They'll keep on warin'

(keep on warin')

The grave gets dug

And the brass keep score

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So remember your true vote doesn't come at The ballot box.

Comes with every dollar you spend

So vote with your dollars to end the wars.

Cuz As long as they keep getting paid

They'll keep making us pay with our lives.

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