Took a train to New York city

Runnin' from my own despair

Caught up in these crazy days

Fallin' out of love affairs

I woke up to the sound of thunder

You could hear it everywhere

Put my ear down to the ground


Cuz there's a war goin' on, There's a war, war, war, goin' on


Mama's leavin' daddy cuz Daddy wasn't happy

They're both searchin' for something they'll

Probly never find

In this faithless society

With no respect for you and me

It's drivin' us out of our minds


Cuz there's a war goin' on , There's a war, war, war, goin' on


You didn't join the army and

You don't want to deal

Workin' for the minimum

Tryin' hard to feel like

You ain't just another fool

A cog in their machine

That's sucking the soul of everything


Cuz there's a war goin' on, There's a war, war, war, goin' on


Drive by shootings blow up

Blood stained t.v. shows

Where life is cheaper 

Than bad writing

And thrown away like litter


While outside in the real world

People live on frozen streets

They stare at ya down to the bone


Cuz there's a war goin' on , There's a war, war, war, goin' on


Alcoholics ain't anonymous 

There's addicts in the family

Dreamin' of false promises

No one ever made

Envious of millionaires

But not a workin' father

Whose left his whole life

At the gate


Cuz there's a war goin' on, There's a war, war, war, goin' on


Chemicals for pleasure

Chemicals for pain

Plastic derivatives

Styrofoam distributed

We're livin' on this toxic dump

Air is bad medicine

Ain't it time we took back the sun


Cuz there's a war goin' on, There's a war, war, war, goin' on


And who will pay the price

And who will give their life

And who knows that there's no place

Left to run


Soldier boys in desert heat

Leave behind these crooked streets

To kill and die for foreign oil

They'll leave their hearts in dusty soil

The president loosens his tie

To get more comfortable with the lies

That he tells us again, and again, and again



Cuz there's a war goin' on, There's a war, war, war, goin' on


Body  bags and unmarked graves

Robberies and murder rates

Unemployed and off to fight

Criminal or corporate types

Hollywood and Washington

Selling us another bomb

It's goin' off inside my head


Cuz there's a war goin' on, There's a war, war, war goin' on


And who will pray for peace

And who will cry for love

And who will still believe

In a world for everyone, everyone, everyone


Now I stand out on the street

Lookin' for a heart or two

To come together, join together

Maybe build the world anew

Broken pieces fill our eyes

So many people sing the blues

But tell me, what else can we do


Cuz there's a war goin' on