The War Is Over (WBAI Broadcast)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Silent soldiers on a silver screen Framed in fantasies and drugged in dreams Unpaid actors of the mystery The mad director knows that freedom will not make you free And what's this got to do with me? [Chorus] I declare the war is over It's over, it's over [Verse 2] All the children play with Gatling guns Tattooed mothers with their tattooed sons The strong will wonder if they're surely strong It doesn't matter lately whether we are right or wrong But surely we've gone on too long [Chorus] I declarе the war is over It's over, it's ovеr [Verse 3] Cardboard cowboys in a new frontier Drowning Indians in vats of beer Troops are leaving on the Trojan train The sun is in their eyes but I am hiding from the rain Now one of us must be insane [Chorus] I declare the war is over It's over, it's over [Verse 4] Drums are drizzling on a grain of sand Fading rhythms of a fading land Prove your courage in the proud parade Trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made And they're afraid that I'm afraid [Chorus] I'm afraid the war is over (Hoo) It's over (Woo hoo), it's over (Woo hoo) [Verse 5] Angry artists painting angry signs Use their vision just to blind the blind Poisoned players of a grisly game One is guilty and the other gets to point the blame Pardon me if I refrain [Chorus] I declare the war is over It's over, it's over [Verse 6] But at least we're working building tanks and planes And a raise is coming so we can't complain The master of the march has lost his mind Perhaps, some other war, this fabled farce would all be fine But now we're running out of time [Chorus] I declare the war is over It's over, it's over [Verse 7] So do your duty, boys, and join with pride Serve your country in her suicide Find a flag so you can wave goodbye But just before the end even treason might be worth a try This country is too young to die [Chorus] I declare the war is over It's over (It's over, it's over), it's over (Yay) (Thank you, Lyndon baby) [Verse 8] One-legged veterans will greet the dawn And they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn And the gargoyles only sit and grieve The gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived You only are what you believe [Chorus] And I believe the war is over It's over, it's over [Outro] It's over It's over, it's over, yay (The song is over, the song is over, yay)