War

If you grew up in the sixties, you grew up, with war on TV every night A war that your friends were involved in And ah, I wanna do this song tonight for all the young people out there If you're in your teens 'Cause I remember, a lot of my friends when we were 17 or 18, we didn't Have much of a chance to think about how we felt about a lot of things And ah, the next time, they're gonna be lookin' at you And you're gonna need a lot of information to know, what you're gonna want to do Because in 1985, blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed 'Cause what I'm talkin' about here is... War, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin', say it again War wo-o-o-yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin', come on War is something that I despise For it means the destruction of innocent lives A thousand brothers, and mothers cry When their sons go off to fight, to give their lives in War wo-o-o-yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin', say it again War no-no-no-yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin' War It aint nothin' but a heart breaker War Friend only to the undertaker Yeh, the war's the enemy of all mankind The thought of war explodes my mind Handed down from generation to generation Induction, destruction Who wants to die, in a... War, wo-wo-no-no What is it good for Absolutely nothin' Say it again War, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin' Come on now War It aint nothin' but a heart breaker War Friend only to the undertaker War has shattered many young men's dreams Made them disabled, bitter and mean Life is too precious to be fightin' wars each day War can't give life, it can only take it away War, oh-woh-oh-yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin' Say it again War, good God now What is it good for Absolutely nothin' Peace, love and understanding, darling There must be some place for these things today They say we must fight to keep our freedom But Lord there's got to be another way, instead of this... War, wo-wo-o-yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin' Say it again War, good God What is it good for Absolutely nothin' Come on now War, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothin' Say it again War, huh, oh yeah What is it good for (Absolutely nothin') I'm talkin' 'bout War!