The War Song

Culture Club • Waking Up With the House On Fire (1984)

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

War!

People fill the world
With narrow confidence
Like a child at birth
A man with no defence
What's mine's my own
I won't give it to you
No matter what you say
No matter what you do

Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

War!

Man is far behind
In the search for something new
Like a Philistine
We're burning witches too
This world of hate
Must be designed for you
It matters what you say
It matters what you do

Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

War!

After the bird has flown
Walk 10,000 miles back home
You can't do that to me, no
You can't do that to me
You can't do that to me, no
You can't do that to me

War!

War!

In this heart of mine
I'll find a place for you
For Black or White
For grown-up children too

Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange corners

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange corners

Sensō hantai戦争反対 - Japanese for "We're against war"
Sensō hantai
Say no more war

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange corners

War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

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