Lyrics Let Them Eat War - Bad Religion

Let Them Eat War

There’s a prophet on a mountain and he’s making up dinner
With long division and a riding crop
Anybody can feel like a winner when it’s served up piping hot
But the people aren’t looking for a handout
They’re America’s working corps
Can this be what they voted for?
Let them eat war, let them eat war
That’s how to ration the poor
Let them eat war, let them eat war
There’s an urgent need to feed, declining pride
From the force to the union shops
The war economy is making new jobs
But the people who benefit most
Are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts
Who never stole from the rich to give to the poor
All they ever gave to them was a war
And a foreign enemy to deplore
Let them eat war, let them eat war
That’s how to ration the poor
Let them eat war, let them eat war
There’s an urgent need to feed, declining pride
We’ve got to kill 'em and eat 'em before they reach for their checks
Squeeze some blue collars, let them bleed from their necks
Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
Cause it’s freedom or debt and they won’t question it
At a job site the boss is godlike
Conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight
Seasoned vets with their feet in nets
A stones throw away from a rock fight but not tonight
(Feed 'em death) Here comes another ration
(Feed 'em death) 'Cause they’re the finest in the nation
(Feed 'em death) When there’s nothing left to feed them with
When it’s freedom or it’s death
Let them eat war, let them eat war
That’s how to ration the poor
Let them eat war, let them eat war
There’s an urgent need to feed, declining pride