Look alive
Pick a side
Draw a line in the sand
You're just the band
They treat us like we're extras in an epic
They treat us like we're mud on their boots
They leave us on the stretchers when the credits roll
Retreating safely to institutes
Where dinner party military forces
Toast themselves with the blood of us all
Smashing regimes between courses
Chanting education, education and war
(Bridge x2)
We're gonna need a lot more cannons (2x)
If you wanna be home by Christmas
If we're gonna be home by Christmas
[Chorus:]
I know there is another way
If you wanna see their face again
I know they feel the same way over there
[Verse:]
They're making all the difficult decisions,
Politicians and children first
Followed by their personal physicians who say
You will be happy if you expect the worst
Armed with paper straws and a Bible,
Lamps are going out across department stores
You will be issued with a rifle on arrival champs
For education, education and war
(Bridge x2)
We're gonna need a lot more cannons (2x)
If you wanna be home by Christmas
If we're gonna be home by Christmas
[Chorus:]
I know there is another way
If you wanna see their face again
I know they feel the same way over there
[Interlude:]
Oh, oh, oh
Show us the way to go
Hell or heaven help us
Show us the way to go
Save our souls
Show us the way back home
Save our souls
Show us the way to go
Quick time
Get in line
Get behind
The man in front
You're the grunts
Look alive
Pick a side
Draw a line in the sand
You're just the band
[Bridge:]
[Chorus:]
[Verse:] Look alive Pick a side Draw a line in the sand You're just the band They treat us like we're extras in an epic They treat us like we're mud on their boots They leave us on the stretchers when the credits roll Retreating safely to institutes Where dinner party military forces Toast themselves with the blood of us all Smashing regimes between courses Chanting education, education and war (Bridge x2) We're gonna need a lot more cannons (2x) If you wanna be home by Christmas If we're gonna be home by Christmas [Chorus:] I know there is another way If you wanna see their face again I know they feel the same way over there [Verse:] They're making all the difficult decisions, Politicians and children first Followed by their personal physicians who say You will be happy if you expect the worst Armed with paper straws and a Bible, Lamps are going out across department stores You will be issued with a rifle on arrival champs For education, education and war (Bridge x2) We're gonna need a lot more cannons (2x) If you wanna be home by Christmas If we're gonna be home by Christmas [Chorus:] I know there is another way If you wanna see their face again I know they feel the same way over there [Interlude:] Oh, oh, oh Show us the way to go Hell or heaven help us Show us the way to go Save our souls Show us the way back home Save our souls Show us the way to go Quick time Get in line Get behind The man in front You're the grunts Look alive Pick a side Draw a line in the sand You're just the band [Bridge:] [Chorus:] Explain Request ×
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