Them people say it’s peacetime
Say we ain’t got no fear
So why build up the military?
The wife, she says, “My dear…”
“If this ain’t wartime
I don’t know what is –
Wars on religion
Wars on ethnicity
Wars on sexuality
Wars on gender
Wars on thinking
Wars on guns
Wars on WMD’s
Wars on prejudice
Wars on freedom
Wars on tyranny
Wars on corporation
Wars on democracy
Wars on war
Wars on peace
Wars on me and
Wars on you.”
Flicking on the news tonight
Man dressed in his suit
Telling me it’s peacetime –
Well, I think his point is mute.