war machine
Hear the squeal
of the tank tires groan
Driving over graveyards
crushing the bones
sounds of the war machine
coming to your town
with the turn of a cannon drum
Overcoming different opinions
with a bayonet and gun
a side of my face left unseen
made to do the most obscene
I need a new war machine
flaming arrow, sticks and stones,
Booby-trap, mustard gas,
iron birds, and pilot drones,
Ninja fighters, kamikazes,
bayonet and battle ax,
Shields and swords, Gatling gun,
envelopes and anthrax,
Submarines, H-bombs,
spy planes and prison shanks,
Sidewinder, tomahawk,
dynamite and armored tanks.
looking at the underlying scheme
Got to keep yourself fit and lean
But beware of the machine
It has a life of its own
You can hear it spit and moan
and it has a history which has shown
that when it has become full grown
This machine of war
just wants more
Intercontinental ballistic missile,
Chemical weapons, atom bomb,
Molotov cocktail, napalm,
Protective trenches,
Barbed wire fences,
Chain mail armor,
Suicide bomber,
Rage based, saving face,
keeping pace, arms race,
Hand grenade, lance and mace,
Torpedoes launched from outer space
cast aside the broken hearts
cast aside another species
cast aside what sets us apart
Government's ox
Mother's baby
Sent home in a box
sounds of the war machine
coming to your town
assembly line mind
some weren't made to think
some were never made to stop in time
a side of my face left unseen
made to do the most obscene
I need a new war machine
a side of my face left unseen...
