I've Known No War

Lyrics

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