Written in 1984, this was prophetic... unfortunately.
alternative blues comedy
Story behind the song
Still a protest singer, just like in the 60's.
Lyrics
We've decided to have a war
Though we haven't figured out what for
We're not ready for the big hit
So we'll just nuke 'em a little bit
We love to see the blood and gore.
We've got a predilection for war
You know what this obsession is for
To insure incumbents' re-election
Over anyone's objection
And so economic repression is no more.
We want to build more planes
And train pilots to fly 'em
We want to hire some brains
It won't take much to buy 'em-- we'll try 'em
Perhaps you really don't understand
Just how we're gonna show our hand
We've got our choice of places
With minority-type races
We wouldn't want a war in our own land.
We will unite our nation
Turn everyone patriotic
Killing is such a sensation
Makes us all quite neurotic-- psychotic
We've decided to have a war
And put the unemployed to work once more
Stop the population explosion
And the internal corrosion--
Isn't that what war is for?
(2nd time) So we've decided to have a war!