Life During Wartime

[Verse 1]

Heard of a van loaded with weapons

Packed up and ready to go

Heard of some gravesites down by the highway

A place where nobody knows

The sound of gunfire off in the distance

I'm getting used to it now

Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto

I've lived all over this town

[Chorus]

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

No time for dancing or lovey-dovey

I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 2]

Transmit your message to my receiver

Hope for an answer some day

Got three passports and a couple of visas

Don't even know my real name

High on a hillside, trucks are loaded

Everything's ready to roll

I sleep in the daytime and I work in the nighttime

I might not ever get home

[Chorus]

This ain't no party and this ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

I'd love to hold you, I'd love to kiss you

I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 3]

Trouble in transit, go through the roadblock

We'll blend right in with the crowd

We got computers and we are tapping phone lines

We know that that ain't allowed

We dress like students, we dress like housewives

Or in a suit and a tie

I changed my hairstyle so many times now

I don't know what I look like

[Chorus]

This ain't no party and this ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

I'd love to hold you and I'd love to kiss you

And I'd lovey-dovey but I ain't got time

But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones

I ain't got no records 'cause I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 4]

Heard about Houston, heard about Detroit

Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A. 

You oughta know not to stand by that window

Somebody might see you up there

You make me shiver, I feel so tender

We make a pretty good team

You look exhausted, I'll do the driving

You ought to get you some sleep

[Verse 5]

Why stay in college? Why go to night school?

You think you're gonna be different this time

I can't write a letter, can't write a postcard

I can't write nothing at all

Burn all your notebooks, what good are notebooks?

They won't help you survive

Is your chest aching? Does it burn like a furnace?

'Cause my chest is aching and it burns like a furnace

The burning keeps me

The burning keeps me

The burning keeps me alive

Alive

[Outro]

I'm getting used to it now

Now