I don't understand the reason why
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You tellin' us all that we need to unify
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Rally round the flag
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And beat the drums of war
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Sing the same old songs
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Ya know we heard 'em all before
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You tellin' me it's unpatriotic
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But I call it what I see it
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When I see it's idiotic
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The tears of one mother
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Are the same as any other
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Drop food on the kids
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While you're murderin' their fathers
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But don't bother to show it on CNN
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Brothers and sisters don't believe them
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It's not a war against evil
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It's really just revenge
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Engaged by the poorest by the same rich men
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Fight terrorists wherever they be found
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But why you not bombing Tim McVeigh's hometown?
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You can say what you want propaganda television
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But all bombing is terrorism
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[Chorus]
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We can chase down all our enemies
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Bring them to their knees
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We can bomb the world to pieces
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But we can't bomb it into peace
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Whoa we may even find a solution
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To hunger and disease
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We can bomb the world to pieces
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But we can't bomb it into peace
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911
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Fire in the skies
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Many people died
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And no one even really knows why
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They tellin' lies of division and fear
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We yelled and cried
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No one listened for years
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But like, "who put us here?"
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And who's responsible?
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Well, there's no debatin'
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Cause if they ask me I say
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It's big corporations
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World trade organisation
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Tri-lateral action
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International sanctions, Satan
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Seems like it'll be an endless price tag
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Of wars tremendous
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And most disturbingly
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The death toll is so horrendous
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So I send this to those
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Who say they defend us
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Send us into harm's way
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We should all make a remembrance that
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This is bigger than terrorism
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Blood is blood is blood and um
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Love is true vision
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Who will listen?
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How many songs it takes for you to see
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You can bomb the world to pieces
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You can't bomb it into peace
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[Chorus]
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Power to the peaceful
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And I say, love to the people y'all
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Power to the peaceful
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And I say, love to the people y'all
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Bomb The World (Armageddon Version)
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Michael Franti & Spearhead |