Our Own War-Loudon Wainwright III

[00:06.13]Hostilities ended [00:09.57]Nobody cared [00:12.38]Any more for the war [00:15.34]So a truce was declared [00:18.80] [00:23.26]So it ends in surrender [00:26.10]Then there's peace at least [00:30.26]Arms are withdrawn [00:32.73]And fire is ceased [00:36.52] [00:41.40]To stay in a skirmish [00:43.52]One needs appetite [00:47.51]Two need desire to [00:50.06]Keep up a fight [00:52.93]But when appetites off [00:56.03]And desire is gone [00:58.64]Then the fire is held [01:02.62]And arms are withdrawn [01:10.16]When losses and wounds [01:13.25]Are grievous and gory [01:16.33]When the battle is pitched [01:19.39]In the field there is glory [01:22.51]When hearts just aren't in it [01:25.65]Retreat leads to rout [01:28.31]And then arms are laid down [01:31.36]And the fire goes out [01:35.22] [01:40.52]We remember the ones [01:42.12]Who run out of dumb luck [01:46.52]Monuments are erected [01:49.50]And statutes are struck [01:52.92]But we tend to forget [01:56.06]If and when we forgive [01:59.37]That survivors survive [02:02.26]But they never quite live [02:05.25] [02:10.54]As for our own war [02:12.78]Yes I recall now [02:16.20]Just what it was like [02:18.17]Our own personal hell [02:22.32]I've forgotten the good times [02:25.60]Heaven's so vague [02:28.59]I remember the battles [02:31.50]Oh how they raged [02:39.04]When losses and wounds [02:42.11]Are grievous and gory [02:45.28]When the battle is pitched [02:48.21]In the field there is glory [02:51.72]When hearts just aren't in it [02:54.58]Retreat leads to rout [02:57.25]And then arms are laid down [03:00.73]And the fire goes out [03:03.93]When losses and wounds [03:06.92]Are grievous and gory [03:10.06]When the battle is pitched [03:13.16]In the field there is glory [03:16.35]When hearts just aren't in it [03:19.46]Retreat leads to rout [03:22.08]And then arms are laid down [03:25.15]And the fire goes out [03:35.96]