War Isn't Murder

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War isn't murder 

Good men don't die 

Children don't starve and all the women survive 

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War isn't murder 

That's whatthey say 

And when you'refighting the Devil 

Murder's okay 

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War isn't murder 
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They're called casualties 

There ain't a veteran 
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With a good night's sleep 
 

 
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Let's talk about dead people 
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I mean a dead people 
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The dead don't feel Honor 
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They don't feel that brave 
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They don't feel avenged 
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They're lucky if they got gravs 

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Call your dead mother 
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Ask her whn she died 
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It's a deathly silence on the other 
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Line 

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The dead don't talk 
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But their children don't forget 
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So in 20 short years 
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You could live to regret that 
 

 
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War isn't murder 

There's money at stake 

Girl, even Kushner agrees 

It's good real estate 

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War isn't murder 

Ask Netanyahu 

He's got a song for that 

And a bomb for you 

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War isn't murder 
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It's an old desert faith 

It's a nation state sanctioned 
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Righteous hate 
 

 
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Let's talk about dead people 
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I mean a dead people 
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War isn't murder 
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It's the vengeance of God 
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And if you can't see the bodies 
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They don't bloat when they rot 

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And the flies don't swarm 
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And the children don't cry 
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If war isn't murder 
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Good men don't die 

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So in a short 20 years 
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Where you vacation the Strip 
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Don't think about the dead 
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And have a nice trip 

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War isn't murder 

We should all give thanks 

I saw it all in a movie 

Give it up for Tom Hanks 

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War isn't murder 

They don't ship out the poor 

And the bullets they fire 

Aren't part of the cure 

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War isn't murder 

Land is a right 
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But the banks called dibs 

It's something you can't fight 
 

 
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Let's talk about dead people 
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I mean a dead people 
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The dead don't feel honor 
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They don't feel that brave 
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They don't feel avenged 
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They're lucky if they got graves 

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War Isn't Murder 
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Ain't a river of blood 
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Stretching all through time 
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And raining down in a flood 

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It's a dark sacrifice 
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Made on your behalf 
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So get down on your knees 
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And thank the sweet lord that 
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War Isn't Murder