I've Known No War

I've known no warAnd if I ever do I won't know for sureWho'll be fighting whomFor the soldiers lonely tombNow opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roarI'll know no warGalbraith took his penTo break down the menOf the German army defeatedOn the nineteenth dayOf a spring day in MayAlbert Speer was deletedAnd as soon as the battle was overI was born in victorious cloverAnd I've never been shot at or gassedNever tortured or stabbedAnd I'm sure - I'll never know warI know I'll never know warAnd if I ever doThe glimpse will be shortFireball in the skyNo front line battle criesCan be heard and the button is pushedBy a soul that's been boughtI'll know no warIn and out of reach loftThe medals are lostThey belong to a lone broken sailorHis provinces nowAre the bars of the townHis songs and his poems of failureFor his grandchildren can't see the gloryAnd his own kids are bored with the storyBut for him they'd have burned behind netting>From the brink they were grabbedAnd I'm sureI'll never know warI've known no warAnd if I ever do I won't know for sureWho'll be fighting whomFor the soldiers lonely tombNow opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roarI'll know no warWar - I've known no warI'll never know warAnd if I ever know itThe glimpse will be shortFireball in the skyNo front line battle criesCan be heard as the button is pushed by a soul that's been boughtAnd the armies remaining will judge without people or courtsAnd there's no point pretending that knowing will help us abortI'll know no war