IntroVerseTime Takes Its Time When You’re Young And In Your PrimeThat’s The Time That You Should Take Stock Of YourselfDisregard The Things Of Greed, Take Only What You Need And Remember Love And Peace Are Man’s Real WealthFor Actions Of Hate Never Come From The Great, But Only From The Greedy And The CruelSo When They Order You To Fight You Should Exercise Your RightTo Stay At Home And Leave The Fighting To The FoolsVerseFor These Fools Of Government Act As Though They’re Heaven-Sent As They Order Populations Off To WarWhen Politicians Stay Behind Does It Play Upon Their MindsHalf The Poor Sods Don’t Know What They’re Fighting ForAnd In Whitehall Famous Names Sit And Play Their Damned War Games And Safely Order Thousands To Their GravesIf A Little Thought Was Used And Their Powers Not Abused Then The Lives Of All Those Thousands Would Be SavedInstrumentalVerseWhen The War Comes That They’ve Willed They Know They Will Not Be KilledThey’ll Be Safe And Sound A Thousand Miles AwayThey Expect You Just To Fight, Not To Question Wrong From Right As You’d Never Understand It AnywayOh But If They Had To Go And If Their Blood Had To Flow, A Different Tune The Piper He Would PlayThey Would Question Wrong From Right And Then They Would Never FightThen The World Would Be A Peaceful Place Some DayCodaBut In Whitehall Famous Names Sit And Play Their Damned War Games And Safely Order Thousands To Their GravesIf A Little Thought Was Used And Their Powers Not Abused Then The Lives Of All Those Thousands Would Be SavedInstrumental
