Intro
Verse
Time Takes Its Time When You’re Young And In Your Prime
That’s The Time That You Should Take Stock Of Yourself
Disregard The Things Of Greed, Take Only What You Need And Remember Love And Peace Are Man’s Real Wealth
For Actions Of Hate Never Come From The Great, But Only From The Greedy And The Cruel
So When They Order You To Fight You Should Exercise Your Right
To Stay At Home And Leave The Fighting To The Fools
Verse
For These Fools Of Government Act As Though They’re Heaven-Sent As They Order Populations Off To War
When Politicians Stay Behind Does It Play Upon Their Minds
Half The Poor Sods Don’t Know What They’re Fighting For
And In Whitehall Famous Names Sit And Play Their Damned War Games And Safely Order Thousands To Their Graves
If A Little Thought Was Used And Their Powers Not Abused Then The Lives Of All Those Thousands Would Be Saved
Instrumental
Verse
When The War Comes That They’ve Willed They Know They Will Not Be Killed
They’ll Be Safe And Sound A Thousand Miles Away
They Expect You Just To Fight, Not To Question Wrong From Right As You’d Never Understand It Anyway
Oh But If They Had To Go And If Their Blood Had To Flow, A Different Tune The Piper He Would Play
They Would Question Wrong From Right And Then They Would Never Fight
Then The World Would Be A Peaceful Place Some Day
Coda
But In Whitehall Famous Names Sit And Play Their Damned War Games And Safely Order Thousands To Their Graves
If A Little Thought Was Used And Their Powers Not Abused Then The Lives Of All Those Thousands Would Be Saved
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