Drink Before The War

Album: The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
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  • 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 the man in the liquor store
    Yelling "anybody want a drink before the war?"

    And your parents paid you through
    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 save
    So stop getting fast, 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 yelling "anybody want to drink before the war?"
    "Anybody want to drink before the war?"
    "Anybody want to drink before the war?" Writer/s: Sinead O'connor
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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