This War

The best men die as boys Before the world can corrupt their souls So ma'am please consider yourself lucky See the war that your child fought Is one of peace have no doubt The more we kill, less die you see She stared him just like a mule Ready to kick but she could only drool The words he said, they just couldn't be true Made less sense than a penny, huh So she grabbed the first thing she could It happened to be an old pigeon stool But she swung the thing so hard it cracked open the poor mans skull Well Damn, She killed the messenger As she stood over her kill Satisfied she had her fill But the blood flowed in such a familiar pattern At first she thought she lost her mind Yet there they were so clearly defined Well the Words, they spilled out just like rivers This war's been fought before Over and Over Over and over This war's been fought before Over and over Over and over This war's been fought before Back before her son died He walked along the riverside Oh the one Babylon once fought for He came to know surprise Like a cannonball in flight He would hit his target far too soon But first he had to see the light The horrors of mans fearful might To deny them would be to die So he chose the better fight He lay down at his enemy side And opened up his lungs to sing And as he took in his last breath The fighting around him stopped dead And his voice rang out like a nuclear explosion This War's been fought before Over and over Over and over This War's been fought before Over and over Over and over This War's been fought before