drink before the war

well, you tell us that we're wrong

and you tell us not to sing our song

nothing we can say will make you see

you got a heart of stone, you can never feel

 

you say, "oh, I'm not afraid, it can't happen to me

I've lived my life as a good man 

oh, no you're out of your mind

it won't happen to me 

'cause I've carried my weight and I've been 

a strong man"

 

listen to man in the liquor store

yellin' "anybody want a drink before the war?"

 

and your parents paid you though

you got a nice big car, nothing bothers you

somebody cut out your eyes, you refuse to see

ah, somebody cut out your heart, you refuse to feel

 

and you live in a shell

you create your own hell

you live in the past and talk about war

and you dig your own grave, yeah

but it's a life you can't save 

so stop getting fussed, it's not gonna happen

and you'll cry but you'll never fall no, no, no

you're building a wall

gotta break it down, start again

 

no, no, no, it won't happen to us 

we've lived our lives basically, we've been good men 

so stop talking of war

'cause you know we've heard it all before

why don't you go out there and do something useful?

 

oh, listen to the man in the liquor store

he yellin' "anybody want a drink before the war?"

"anybody want a drink before the war?"