Written by John Mellencamp



Well, we're droppin' our bombs

In the southern hemisphere

And people are starving

That live right here

And they're tearing down walls

In the name of peace

And they're killing each other

In the Middle East



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But love and happiness

Have forgotten our names

And there's no value left

In love and happiness



They raise the price of oil

And they censor our mouths

If you are a young couple today

Forget buying a house

And we wage or wars

In the neighborhoods

We kill the young to feed the old

And man that ain't no good



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So, if you sell arms

Or you run dope

You got respect

And you got hope

But the rest of us die

On your battle fields

With wounds that fester and bleed

But never heal



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