What's been done in the name of Jesus

What's been done in the name of Buddha

What's been done in the name of Islam

What's been done in the name of man

What's been done in the name of liberation

And in the name of civilization

And in the name of race

And in the name of peace!

everybody

loves to see

justice done

on somebody else



Can you tell me how much bleeding

It takes to fill a word with meaning

And how much, how much death

It takes to gave a slogan breath

And how much, how much, how much flame

Gives light to a name

For the hollow darkness

In which nations dress?

everybody

loves to see

justice done

on somebody else



Everybody's seen the things they've seen

We all have to live with what we've been

When they say charity begins at home

They're not just talking about a toilet and a telephone

Got to search the silence of the soul's wild places

For a voice that can cross the spaces

These definitions that we love create --

These names for heaven, hero, tribe and state

everybody

loves to see

justice done

on somebody else