Lyrics

[Intro] If you grew up in the sixties You grew up with war on TV every night The war that your friends were involved in And uh, 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 seventeen or eighteen we didn't Have much of a chance to think about how we felt about a lot of things And uh, the next time They're gonna be lookin' 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 talkin' about here is [Chorus] War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Come on [Verse 1] War is something that I despise For it means the destruction of innocent lives And thousand words in mothers' cry When their sons go out to fight to give their lives [Chorus] War, huh (Woah woah yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War, huh (No no yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Hey [Post-Chorus] War It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker War Friend only to the undertaker [Verse 2] Yeah, war is the enemy of all mankind The thought of war just blows my mind Handed down from generation to generation Induction, destruction, who wants to die? [Chorus] War, huh (Woah woah no) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Come on now [Post-Chorus] War It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker War Friend only to the undertaker [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] War, huh (Oh oh yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War, huh (Good God, y'all) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing [Verse 4] Peace, love and understanding all 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 [Chorus] War, huh (Oh oh yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War, huh (Good God) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Come on now War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah yeah) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War, huh (Oh yeah) What is it good for? Nothing I'm talkin' 'bout war