New fireworks over the Bhagdad sky!
there is a war
between the rich and poor
a war
between the man and the woman
there is a war
between the ones who say
and the ones who say there isn't
why don't you
come on back to the war
that's right, get in it!
why don't you
come on back to the war
it's just beginning!
well I live here
with a woman and a child,
the situation makes me kind of nervous
yes, I rise up from her arms
she says: 'I guess you call this love'
...I call it service
why don't you
come on back to the war
don't be a tourist!
why don't you
come on back to the war
before it hurts us!
why don't you
come on back to the war
let's all get nervous!
you cannot stand what I've become
you much prefer the gentleman I was before
I was so easy to defeat
I was so easy to control
I didn't even know there was a war.
why don't you
come on back to the war
don't be embarrassed!
why don't you
come on back to the war
you can still get married!
there is a war
between the rich and poor
a war
between the man and the woman
there is a war
between the left and right
a war
between the black and white
a war
between the odd and the even
why don't you
come on back to the war
pick up your tiny burden!
why don't you
come on back to the war
- let's all get even!
why don't you
come on back to the war
can't you hear me speaking?
Leonard Cohen - There Is A War
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