[Verse 1]
I have known no war
And if I ever do I will not know for sure
Who will be fighting whom
For the soldiers lonely tomb
Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar
I will know no war
Galbraith took his pen
To break down the men
Of the German army defeated
On the nineteenth day
Of a spring day in May
Albert Speer was deleted
And as soon as the battle was over
I was born in victorious clover
And I have never been shot at or gassed
Never tortured or stabbed
And I am sure – I will never know war
[Chorus]
I know I will never know war
And if I ever do
The glimpse will be short
Fireball in the sky
No front line battle cries
Can be heard and the button is pushed
By a soul that's been bought
I will know no war
[Verse 2]
In and out of reach loft
The medals are lost
They belong to a lone broken sailor
His provinces now
Are the bars of the town
His songs and his poems of failure
For his grandchildren cannot see the glory
And his own kids are bored with the story
But for him they would have burned behind netting
>From the brink they were grabbed
And I am sure
I will never know war
I have known no war
And if I ever do I will not know for sure
Who will be fighting whom
For the soldiers lonely tomb
Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar
I will know no war
[Chorus]
War – I have known no war
I will never know war
And if I ever know it
The glimpse will be short
Fireball in the sky
No front line battle cries
Can be heard as the button is pushed by a soul that's been bought
And the armies remaining will judge without people or courts
And there's no point pretending that knowing will help us abort
I will know no war
