Time for our minds to be taken from war
The news is so boring and dreary
More broken bones for a hungry dow jones
And the people have all become weary
The job has been done by the media's gun
The establishment grows ever stronger
No need to worry what's right or whats wrong
Don't think about this any longer
While the wars of the world rage on
Each newscaster's bulletin bombards our brains
Each article softens our thinking
Each new righteous reason will mask and conceal
The hole into which we are sinking
The voices of protest grow quieter each day
The crackpots who screamed against violence
Are labelled as peaceniks and sent on their way
The majority slides into silence
And the wars of the world rage on
When the young men and women caught up in this mess
Join the ranks of the wounded and dying
The media mutters of duty and honour
And love of our country
And the national flag will be flying
Flying for a new world order of countries
Flying for the new troops we're sending
Flying for the old rules that fuel all the fires
And prevent all these wars from ending
While the wars of the world rage on
Time for our minds to be taken from war
The news is so boring and dreary
More broken bones for a hungry dow jones
And the people have all become weary
The news is so boring and dreary
More broken bones for a hungry dow jones
And the people have all become weary
The job has been done by the media's gun
The establishment grows ever stronger
No need to worry what's right or whats wrong
Don't think about this any longer
While the wars of the world rage on
Each newscaster's bulletin bombards our brains
Each article softens our thinking
Each new righteous reason will mask and conceal
The hole into which we are sinking
The voices of protest grow quieter each day
The crackpots who screamed against violence
Are labelled as peaceniks and sent on their way
The majority slides into silence
And the wars of the world rage on
When the young men and women caught up in this mess
Join the ranks of the wounded and dying
The media mutters of duty and honour
And love of our country
And the national flag will be flying
Flying for a new world order of countries
Flying for the new troops we're sending
Flying for the old rules that fuel all the fires
And prevent all these wars from ending
While the wars of the world rage on
Time for our minds to be taken from war
The news is so boring and dreary
More broken bones for a hungry dow jones
And the people have all become weary
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi
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Bernard writes:
"This was written during the 1991 Gulf War as a response to the way mainstream media soothed us into thinking it was all for the greater good . We were shown aerial views of direct hits but the human cost was never counted. It seems to be happening again."
Warsong is on Bernard's CD "No Time Like The Future" BJCD981 1998
Vists his website at: http://www.bernardcarney.com