The War Racket

Ooh you're slick
 You investors in hate
 You Saddams and you Bushes
 You Bin Ladens and snakes
 You billionaire bullies
 You're a globalized curse
 You put war on the masses while you clean out the purse
 And that's how it's done war after war
 You old feudal parasites just sacrifice the poor
 You've got the cutting edge weapons
 But your scam's still the same as it's been since the Romans
 It's the patriot game
 It's the war racket
 You twisters of language
 You creeps of disguise
 Your disinformation
 Like worms in your eyes
 You privileged bankers
 You gambler thieves
 You profit on war
 There's less money in peace
 That's how it's done time after time
 Country after country, crime after crime
 You pretend it's religion and there's no one to blame
 For the dead and impoverished in your little patriot game
 Honey, that's the war racket
 Got the world's greatest power and you team up with thugs
 Make a fortune on weapons, destruction and drugs
 But your flags and boots and uniforms start to all look the same
 When both sides are killing in the patriot game
 It's the war racket
 And that's how it's done, and you've got our sons
 In the cross-hairs of horror at the end of a gun
 And your national anthems start to all smell the same
 When all sides are dying in the patriot game
 It's the war racket
 And war is never, ever holy
 It's just a greedy men's dream
 And you two-faced crusaders
 Both sides are obscene
 War's not made by God
 War's made by men
 Who misdirect our attention while you thieves do your thing
 And that's how it's done
 About every thirty years
 The rich fill their coffers
 The poor fill with tears
 The young fill the coffins
 The old hang a wreath
 The politicians get photographed with their names underneath
 It's the war racket
 It's the patriot game
 It's the war racket