"... but who are the ones that we call our friends, these governments killing their own? ...
...or the people who finally can't take any more, and they pick up a gun, or a brick, or a stone..."
Oh no cannonballs did fly
No rifles cut us down
No bombs fell from the sky
No blood soaked the ground
No powder flash blinded the eye
No deafening thunder sounded
But just as sure as the hand of god
They brought death to my hometown
They brought death to my hometown, boys
No shells ripped the evening sky
No cities burning down
No armies stormed the shores for which we'd die
No dictators were crowned
High off on a quiet night
I never heard a sound
The marauders raided in the dark and brought death to my hometown, boys
Death to my hometown
They destroyed our families' factories and they took our homes
They left our bodies on the plains
The vultures picked our bones
So listen up, my Sonny boy
Be ready for when they come
For they'll be returning sure as the rising sun
Now get yourself a song to sing and sing it 'til you're done
Yeah, sing it hard and sing it well
Send the robber barons straight to hell
The greedy thieves who came around
And ate the flesh of everything they've found
Whose crimes have gone unpunished now
Walk the streets as free men now
And they brought death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown
Sweet disposition
Never too soon
Ah, reckless abandon
Like no one's watching you
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh
Stay there, cause I'll be coming over
While our blood's still young
So young, it runs
Won't stop till it's over
Wont stop to surrender
Songs of desperation
I played them for you
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh
Stay there, cause I'll be coming over
While our blood's still young
So young, it runs
Won't stop till it's over
Wont stop to surrender
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
Won't stop till it's over
Won't stop till it's over
Won't stop to surrender
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