they want war

they are young and they're kids

and believe what they see

to do what they've been told

and so they walk away with open eyes

some are eight or nine or ten

and they die like a fly

and no one knows

who they are

they're smaller than the gun they load

see their eyes open wide

they died before they ever cried

they die in the streets and they die in the fields

when they do what they've been told

but now they're lying dead

their eyes are closed

some are eight or nine or ten

and they die like a fly and no one knows

who they are

they're smaller than the gun they load

see their eyes open wide

they died before they ever cried

who taught them how

how to pray

who told them they're in paradise when they're gonna die

they are blind and they can't fight

they want war

they are blind and they can't fight

they want war

they are blind and they can't fight

they want war

they are blind and they can't fight

they want war

they are blind and they can't fight

they want war

they are blind and they can't fight

they want war. you're gonna pay the price

you little devil in disguise

for taking life with no regard

you'll go to hell

and there you'll burn

children in the battlefield

please don't go

little birds with fluttering hearts

please don't go