| When I sing about love and war
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| I don’t really know what I’m saying
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| I’ve been in love and I’ve seen a lot of war
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| Seen a lot of people praying
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| They pray to Allah and they prey to the lord
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| But mostly they pray about love and war
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| Pray about love and war
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| I’ve seen a lot of young men go to war
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| And leave a lot of young brides waiting
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| I’ve watched them try to explain it to their kids
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| And seen a lot of them failing
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| They tried to tell them and they tried to explain
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| Why Daddy won’t ever come home again
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| Daddy won’t ever come home again
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| I said a lot of things that I can’t take back
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| But I don’t really know if I want to
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| There’ve been songs about love
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| I sang songs about war
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| Since the backstreets of Toronto
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| I sang for justice and I hit a bad chord
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| But I still try to sing about love and war
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| Sing about love and war
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| The saddest thing in the whole wide world
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| Is to break the heart of your lover
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| I made a mistake and I did it again
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| And we struggled to recover
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| Then I sang in anger, hit another bad chord
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| But I still try to sing about love and war
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| I’ve been in love and I’ve seen a lot of war
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| Seen a lot of people praying
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| They pray to Allah and they prey to the lord
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| But mostly they pray about love and war
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| Pray about love and war |