PSYCHOcatholic Posted January 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 War Edwin Starr War, huh yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. War huh yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again y'all War, huh good god What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Listen to me War-I despise cause it means destruction Of innocent lives War means tear to thousands of mothers eyes When their sons go off to fight And lose their lives War, huh good god y'all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. say it again War whoa lord What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. listen to me It ain't nothin but a heartbreaker Friend only to the undertaker Oh war, is an enemy to all mankind the thought of war blows my mind war has caused unrest in the younger generation induction, then destruction who wants to die War, good god y'all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. say it say it say it War uh huh yeah huh What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. listen to me It ain't nothin but a heartbreaker got one friend that's the undertaker oh war has shattered many young mans dreams made him disabled bitter and mean life is much to short and precious to fight mighty wars these days war can't give life it can only take it away oooooh War, huh good god y'all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. say it say again War whoa lord What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. listen It ain't nothin but a heartbreaker Friend only to the undertaker Peace love and understanding tell me Is there no place for them today they say we must fight to keep our freedom but lord knows there's got to be a better way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Peace on Earth U2 Heaven on Earth, we need it now I'm sick of all of this hanging around Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain I'm sick of hearing again and again That there's gonna be peace on Earth Where I grew up there weren't many trees Where there was we'd tear them down And use them on our enemies They say that what you mock Will surely overtake you And you become a monster So the monster will not break you And it's already gone too far You say that if you go in hard You won't get hurt Jesus can you take the time To throw a drowning man a line Peace on Earth Tell the ones who hear no sound Whose sons are living in the ground Peace on Earth No whos or whys No one cries like a mother cries For peace on Earth She never got to say goodbye To see the colour in his eyes Now he's in the dirt Peace on Earth They're reading names out over the radio All the folks the rest of us won't get to know Sean and Julia, Gareth, Ann, and Breda Their lives are bigger than any big idea Jesus can you take the time To throw a drowning man a line Peace on Earth To tell the ones who hear no sound Whose sons are living in the ground Peace on Earth Jesus and the song you wrote The words are sticking in my throat Peace on Earth Hear it every Christmas time But hope and history won't rhyme So what's it worth This peace on Earth Peace on Earth Peace on Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Mystical Machine Gun Kula Shaker Alien identities don't hide your pretty face from me, You awoke to the riddle of your life but no-one was there for you, Open to where you first began as a nicotine junkie, singing for a kodacam, Are you glad to see how far you've come? You're a wizard in a blizzard, A mystical machine gun! Watch the skies, For the mystical machine gun fire. Alien identities don't hide that special place from me, You walked through a fire with a ten headed lion and turned on your destiny, Open up, forget your life, Breathe in, breathe out, retain a sense of suicide, Are you glad to see how far you've come? You're a wizard in a blizzard, A mystical machine gun! Watch the skies, For the mystical machine gun fire. Well you've got to be stronger now than them, Now you've got to be strong You'll be singing the song of life 'til then, You'll just have to be strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 I always liked The Equals', Black Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys People: white is white What's black ain't clover Together we'll be When the war is over. You see the Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys They ain't gonna fight no wars Oh now. Cool is school But the teachers beat yer When they see That they can't reach yer. You see the Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys They ain't gonna fight no wars Oh now. They ain't got no country They ain't got no creed People won't be black or white The world will be half-breed. The world will be half-breed. The world will be half-breed. You see the Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys they ain't gonna fight no doggone wars. They ain't got no country... It's a brand new day With brand new people In one big world We're just one people. You see the Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys They ain't gonna fight no wars. Oh now. Baby you know that we hate fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Mother's Child - George Michael Oh she knows She takes his hand And prays the child will understand At the door they watch the men go by In the clothes that daddy wore Mother's pride Baby Boy His father's eyes He's a soldier waiting for war Time will come He'll hold a gun His father's son And as he grows He hears the band Takes the step from boy to man And at the shore she waves her son goodbye Like the man she did before Mother's pride Just a boy His country's eyes He's a soldier waving at the shore And in her heart the time has come To lose a son And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone They make no difference No difference in the end Still hear the women say your daddy died a hero In the name of God and man Mother's pride Crazy boy His lifeless eyes He's a soldier now forever more He'll hold a gun till kingdom come I Don't Want To Be A Hero - Johnny Hates Jazz Oh send me off to war with a gun in my hand But I won't pull the trigger Our destiny is here 'neath the red white and blue So lead me to the slaughter Now don't be afraid come and join the parade For the ultimate in sacrifice It's an old-fashioned story of hope and of glory A ticket for taking a life CHORUS I I don't want to be a hero I don't want to die for you I don't want to be a hero Oh send me off to war in a far away land I never knew existed Subject me to the truth to the horror and pain Until my mind is twisted And what if I fail will you put me in jail For a murder I will not commit 'Cos you don't understand till there's blood on your hands That it's time to forget and forgive REPEAT CHORUS And those who return come back only to learn That they're hated by those who they love 'Cos you don't understand till there's blood on your hands That it's time to forget and forgive REPEAT CHORUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted January 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Elvis Costello - Peace, Love, Understanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 PsychoCatholic wrote: i just had to post the lyrics! Paul, Where did you get those lyrics for "Give Peace A Chance"? Did you add all those extra lines in there yourself or did someone else? I don't get it. If it's a song parody, it doesn't make any sense to me...or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) BLah...me and my quick googling! *hangs head in shame for not getting them at Songfacts* Ill be more cautious next time! I should post the GOOD lyrics as well. Hold please! AHA! I figured it out! It seems that Sir Elton John added some here and there to his version of Give Peace a Chance! I...in googling quickly chose the wrong link! That...and people some people are stupid and dont know how to label things correctly! Very interesting though, i never knew Elton John did that... Edited January 24, 2006 by Guest Update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Brad.....I looked at PC's post and it seems to be in tact. Give a listen to the song and follow PC's words and it is pretty much a match. Also, I do not believe wrote Give Peace a Chance as a song parody. The song was written and performed for the first time while Lennon spent his week in bed with Yoko. You may recall the video where while the couple is in bed there are reporters, other performers and cameramen in the room with them. That was surely a moment in rock history that I would liked to have been a part of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 OK...let's try this one more time. In my post further up and a couple of days ago I said the quintessential protest song writer of the sixties was Phil Ochs. No comments were made but I have to know has anyone ever heard of him? He knocked the Vietnam war and just about anything else that had to do with social injustice. Take a listen to one of his bigger hits, I Ain't Marching Anymore. It is a great song and I am sure anyone looking for this genre will be more than pleasantly surprised. Other songs of protest by Ochs which you may like are Cops Of The World, Is Anybody Here and of course everyone's favorite Draft Dodger Rag. I Ain't Marching Anymore Phil Ochs Written by Phil Ochs and Bob Gibson Oh, I marched to the battle of New Orleans At the end of the early British war The young land started growin' The young blood started flowin' But I ain't a-marchin' anymore But I've killed my share of Injuns In a thousand different fights I was there at the Little Big Horn I saw many men lyin' I saw many more dyin' But I ain't a-marchin' anymore CHORUS It's always the old to lead us to the war Always the young to fall Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun Tell me, is it worth it all For I stole California from the Mexican land Fought in the bloody Civil War Yes I even killed my brothers And so many others But I ain't a-marchin' anymore For I marched to the battles of the German trench In a war that was bound to end all wars Oh, I must have killed a million men And now they want me back again But I ain't a-marchin' anymore CHORUS For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky Set off the mighty mushroom roar When I saw the cities burnin' I knew that I was learnin' That I ain't a-marchin' anymore Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason" Call it "Love" or call it "Reason" But I ain't a-marchin' any more. No, I ain't a-marchin' any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Hmm...ill download and give a listen, i havent ever heard of him or his music. Oh, and thanks for the Clarification on the song Give Peace a Chance! It gets confusing sometimes when people mislabel things online! Especially Lyrics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Jimmy, I used to listen to Phil Ochs quite a bit, especially back in the 70's. I loved his Pleasures Of The Harbor album and made reference to it in a recent post. Miranda is a favorite of mine. His creativity and his tragic life are the stuff of bio-pics. I wonder why no one has made a movie of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy’s birthday It’s just a rumour that was spread around town By the women and children Soon we’ll be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said ’dad they’re going to take me to task But I’ll be back by christmas’ It’s just a rumour that was spread around town Somebody said that someone got filled in For saying that people get killed in The result of this shipbuilding With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls It’s just a rumour that was spread around town A telegram or a picture postcard Within weeks they’ll be re-opening the shipyards And notifying the next of kin Once again It’s all we’re skilled in We will be shipbuilding With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 What About Me ? Quicksilver Messenger Service (Released December of 1970) You poisoned my sweet water You cut down my green trees The food you fed my children Was the cause of their disease My world is slowly fallin' down And the airs not good to breathe And those of us who care enough, We have to do something....... (Chorus) Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me? Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me? Your newspapers, They just put you on They never tell you The whole story They just put your Young ideas down I was wonderin' could this be the end Of your pride and glory? (Chorus) I work in your factory I study in your schools I fill your penitentiaries And your military too! And I feel the future trembling, As the word is passed around. "If you stand up for what you do believe, Be prepared to be shot down." (Chorus) And I feel like a stranger In the land where I was born And I live like an outlaw An' I'm always on the run.......................... An Im always getting busted And I got to take a stand........ I believe the revolution Must be mighty close at hand....................... (Chorus) I smoke marijuana But I cant get behind your wars. And most of what I do believe Is against most of your laws I'm a fugitive from injustice But I'm goin' to be free. Cause your rules and regulations They dont do the thing for me (Chorus) And I feel like a stranger In the land where I was born And I live just like an outlaw. An' I'm always on the run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 For all it's bad press , war has given us some great advances ... to quote Ben Hur , ' Up Mars , down Venus ' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 For all it's bad press and misery , war has given us some pretty great and rapid advances ... to quote Ben Hur , ' Up Mars , down Venus ' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 also, Machine Gun - Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 From North of the 49th Parallel, Great Big Sea's view of War and Peace: "Recruiting Sargeant" Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB, for the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue Puttees So all the hands enlisted, five hundred young men Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel, And on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hell And on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell [Chorus] So it's over the mountains, and over the sea Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees You'll fight in Flanders, and at Galipoli Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me Then the call came from London, for the last July drive To the trenches with the regiment, prepare yourselves to die The roll call next morning, just a handful survived. Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me [Chorus] The stone men on Water Street still cry for the day When the pride of the city went marching away A thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King say Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me [Chorus x3] I remember Phil Ochs from my 1960's Folkie days, just before Astrud Gilberto changed my musical focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I see, Paul. The version that you posted was recorded by Elton John and he added all the extra parts. Here's a link for the correct lyrics as recorded by John Lennon. "Give Peace A Chance" lyrics - John Lennon I got it from my favorite lyric site: www.sing365.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I got it from my favorite lyric site: www.sing365.com *gasp* !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 HEY SHAWNA! YOU KNOW WHERE HE SLEEPS! PUNISH HIM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I posted this a while back on "Random Lyrics" but it seems as though it could be relevant here.... "Between The Wars" by Billy Bragg I was a miner I was a docker I was a railway man Between the wars I raised a family In times of austerity With sweat at the foundry Between the wars. I paid the union and as times got harder I looked to the government to help the working man And they brought prosperity down at the armoury We're arming for peace, me boys Between the wars. I kept the faith and I kept voting Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand For theirs is a land with a wall around it And mine is a faith in my fellow man Theirs is a land of hope and glory Mine is the green field and the factory floor Theirs are the skies all dark with bombers And mine is the peace we knew Between the wars. Call up the craftsmen Bring me the draftsmen Build me a path from cradle to grave And I'll give my consent To any government That does not deny a man a living wage. Go find the young men never to fight again Bring up the banners from the days gone by Sweet moderation Heart of this nation Desert us not, we are Between the wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Performed with any degree of sensitivity by folk singers all over the world, this song never ceases to bring a tear to my eye... No More Waltzing Matilda...Erig Bogle When I was a young man I carried me pack And I lived the free life of the rover From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my Matilda all over Then in 1915 my country said: Son, It's time to stop rambling, there's work to be done So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun And they sent me away to the war And the band played Waltzing Matilda When the ship pulled away from the quay And amid all the tears, flag waving and cheers We sailed off for Gallipoli It well I remember that terrible day When our blood stained the sand and the water And how in that hell they call Suvla Bay We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter Johnny Turk, he was ready, he primed himself well He rained us with bullets, and he showered us with shell And in five minutes flat, we were all blown to hell He nearly blew us back home to Australia And the band played Waltzing Matilda When we stopped to bury our slain Well we buried ours and the Turks buried theirs Then it started all over again Oh those that were living just tried to survive In that mad world of blood, death and fire And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive While around me the corpses piled higher Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head And when I awoke in me hospital bed And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead I never knew there was worse things than dying Oh no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda All around the green bush far and near For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs No more waltzing Matilda for me They collected the wounded, the crippled, the maimed And they shipped us back home to Australia The armless, the legless, the blind and the insane Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla And when the ship pulled into Circular Quay I looked at the place where me legs used to be And thank Christ there was no one there waiting for me To grieve and to mourn and to pity And the Band played Waltzing Matilda When they carried us down the gangway Oh nobody cheered, they just stood there and stared Then they turned all their faces away Now every April I sit on my porch And I watch the parade pass before me I see my old comrades, how proudly they march Renewing their dreams of past glories I see the old men all tired, stiff and worn Those weary old heroes of a forgotten war And the young people ask "What are they marching for?" And I ask myself the same question And the band plays Waltzing Matilda And the old men still answer the call But year after year, their numbers get fewer Someday, no one will march there at all Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me? And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong So who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Well I'll be danged. We have lyrics available here on SongFacts, too? I'll have to visit more often. The last time I clicked was when I first joined and it took me to the Facts page with no lyrics. Shawna just showed me there is a link on that page to get to the lyrics. I thought the page was defective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 I've only heard The Pogues rendition of "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" but, you're right, it's a real tear-jerker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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