He was nineteen
When he landed at Bagram
Scared and all alone
He lost a leg and a girlfriend
Before he got home
And they say all is fair in Love and War
But that ain't true, it's wrong
They ship you out to die for us
Forget about you when you don't
He was nineteen in '68
After all this time
That broken boy is now a broken man
Waitin' in a VA line
They say all is fair in Love and War
But that ain't true, it's wrong
They ship you out to die for us
Forget about you when you don't
And the nightmares
And he's running scared
Far from home
And he wakes up
From a nightmare
He's in another one
He's still not home
They call 'em decorated heroes
And pin some medals on their chest
Give 'em a tiny little pension
Could we do much less
They say all is fair in Love and War
But that ain't true, it's wrong
They ship you out to die for us
Forget about you when you don't
They say all is fair in Love and War
But that ain't true, it's wrong
They ship you out to die for us
Forget about you when you don't
They say all is fair in Love and War
But that ain't true, it's wrong
They ship you out to die for us
But forget about you when you don't
George wrote this in 1980...and 40 yrs later, it couldn't be more relevant today.
We've got to save the world
Someone else may want to use it
So far we've seen
This planet's ra.pe, how we've abused it
We've got to save the world
The Russians have the biggest share
With their long fingers everywhere
And now they've bombs in outer space
With laser beams and atomic waste
Rain forest chopped for paper towels
One acre gone in every hour
Our birds and wildlife all destroyed
To keep some millionaires employed
We've got to save the whale
Greenpeace they've tried to diffuse it
But dog food salesmen
Persist on kindly to harpoon it
We've got to save the world
The armament consortium
They're selling us plutonium
Now you can make your own H-bomb
Right in the kitchen with your mom
The nuclear power that costs you more
Than anything you've known before
The half-wit's answer to a need
For cancer, death, destruction, greed
We've got to save the world
Someone's children they may need it
So far we've seen
The big business of extinction bleed it
We've got to save the world
We're at the mercy of so few
With evil hearts determined to
Reduce this planet into hell
Then find a buyer and make quick sale
To end upon a happy note
Like trying to make concrete float
Is very simple knowing that
God in your heart lives
We've got to save the world
Someone else may want to use it
It's time you knew
How close we've come
We're gonna lose it
We gotta save, we gotta save
We gotta save the world.