Masters of War
1. Come you masters of war, you that build the big guns,
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D-Em
you that build the
death planes, you that build all
the bombs,
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D-Em
you that hide
behind walls, you that hide behind desks,
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I just want you to know I can see through
your masks
2. You that never have
done nothing, but build to
destroy,
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you play with my
world, like it's your little toy.
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D-Em
You
put a gun in my hand, then you hide from my eyes,
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and you turn and
run farther when the fast bullets fly.
3. Like Judas of old you lie
and deceive,
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a world war can't be
won, you want me to believe.
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D-Em
But I see through your eyes, and I see through your brain,
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like I see through
the water that runs down my drain.
4. You that fasten all the triggers
for the others to fire,
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D-Em
then you sit back
and watch while the death count
gets higher.
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D-Em
You hide in your mansions while the young people's blood
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flows out of their
bodies and gets buried in the mud.
5. You've thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled,
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fear to bring
children into the world,
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for threatening my
baby, unborn and unnamed,
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you ain't
worth the blood that runs in your veins.
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6. How much do I know to
talk out of turn,
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D-Em
you might say that
I'm young, you might say I'm
unlearned,
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D-Em
but there's one thing I
know, though I'm younger than
you,
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even Jesus would
never forgive what you do.
7. Let me ask you one
question: is your money that
good?
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Will it buy you forgiveness? Do you think that it could?
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D-Em
I think you will find when your death takes its toll,
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all the money you
made will never buy back your soul.
8. And I hope that you die
and your death will come soon,
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and I'll follow
your casket on a pale afternoon,
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and I'll watch while
you're lowered into your death
bed,
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Em
and I'll stand
over your grave till I'm sure that you're dead.