If The War Goes On-John Schumann

[ti:If The War Goes On] [ar:John Schumann] [al:True Believers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]If The War Goes On - John Schumann [00:26.81]It was one of those blue and white biscuit tins [00:29.39]With a picture of the queen [00:31.40] [00:33.58]And she kept his ribbons [00:34.95]They sent her back in ninteen fourty three [00:38.21] [00:40.57]And a family photo on the beach [00:43.16]He was lifting up their son [00:45.15] [00:47.20]And a piece of yellow newsprint [00:49.63]With the words [00:50.50] [00:52.11]If the war goes on [00:53.42] [01:03.81]It was a warm suburban morning [01:06.13]Back in ninteen sixty eight [01:08.37] [01:10.56]And a khaki colored car pulled up [01:13.04] [01:13.65]Parked across the gate [01:15.25] [01:17.85]MIA or KIA [01:19.77] [01:20.50]Another soldier gone [01:22.13] [01:24.22]And a generation lost in Asia [01:27.06] [01:28.99]If the war goes on [01:30.36] [01:35.47]The Kokoda trail to the Long Hai hills [01:38.20]For every bullet fired [01:40.02] [01:41.11]Desperate drums of mankind [01:43.15]Are humming loudly on the wire [01:45.42] [01:47.60]There's oil to drown the ocean [01:49.69] [01:50.32]There's fire to drown the sun [01:52.39] [01:54.78]How much longer [01:56.20]How much longer [01:57.18] [01:59.22]If the war goes on [02:00.59] [02:22.86]War goes war goes war goes on [02:27.01] [02:28.70]The war goes the war goes the war goes on [02:32.86]On on [02:33.50] [02:40.09]They strapped my brother to an F eighteen [02:42.23] [02:42.77]Shot him into the night [02:44.30] [02:46.90]Sirens are screaming [02:48.25]Run for cover [02:49.13] [02:49.64]Pull that mask on tight [02:51.20] [02:53.83]God's on our side [02:55.15]God's on their side [02:56.57]Covenant's ripped and torn [02:58.09] [03:00.64]How much longer [03:01.95]How much longer [03:02.91] [03:05.06]If the war goes on [03:06.51] [03:11.45]She packed her little son a bag [03:14.23]And strapped it to his back [03:15.77] [03:16.69]With some money and some food [03:18.11]That change close [03:19.49]Case she didn't make it back [03:21.42] [03:23.55]And she pinned a note inside his coat [03:26.53]This little boy's name is Tom [03:28.28] [03:30.55]He something to the after him please [03:33.82] [03:35.20]If the war goes on [03:36.60] [03:40.67]If the war goes on [03:42.16] [03:47.79]The war goes the war goes the war goes [03:51.36] [03:51.96]The war goes on [03:53.06] [03:58.74]The war goes the war goes the war goes [04:02.20] [04:02.91]The war goes on [04:04.06] [04:09.77]The war goes the war goes the war goes [04:13.40] [04:13.91]The war goes on [04:15.08] [04:20.72]The war goes the war goes the war goes [04:24.18] [04:24.84]The war goes on [04:25.98] [04:31.72]The war goes the war goes the war goes [04:35.16] [04:35.83]The war goes on [04:36.93] [04:42.73]The war goes the war goes the war goes [04:46.25] [04:46.95]The war goes on [04:47.88] [04:53.80]The war goes the war goes the war goes [04:57.15] [04:57.83]The war goes on [04:58.88] [05:04.68]The war goes the war goes the war goes [05:08.14] [05:08.81]The war goes on