''If you grew up in the 60's, you grew up with war on TV every night, a war that your friends were involved in... And I wanna do this song tonight for all the young people out there, if you´re in your teens, ´cause I remember a lot of my friends when we were 17 or 18, we didn´t have much of a chance to think about how we felt about a lot of things. And the next time they´re gonna be looking at you and you´re gonna need a lot of information to know what you´re gonna wanna do. Because in 1985, blind faith in your leaders or in anything will get you killed. ´Cause what I´m talking about here is...” (Los Angeles, CA, 30.09.1985)
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War is something that I despise
For it means destruction of innocent lives
War brings tears to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go out to fight to give their lives
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, it's nothing but a heartbreaker
War, friend only to the undertaker
War is the enemy of all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
Handed down from generation to generation
Induction destruction, who wants to die
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, it's nothing but a heartbreaker
War, friend only to the undertaker
War has shattered many young men's dreams
Made them disabled bitter and mean
Life is too precious to be fighting wars each day
War can't give life it can only take it away
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, good god, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Peace, love and understanding
There must be some place for these things today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord there's gotta be another way, that's better than
War, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, good god, what is it good for
Absolutely nothing
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