Life During Wartime - Live

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
 Packed up and ready to go
 Heard of some gravesites out by the highway
 A place where nobody knows
 The sound of gunfire off in the distance
 I'm getting used to it now
 Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto
 I've lived all over this town
 This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
 This ain't no fooling around
 No time for dancing or lovey-dovey
 I ain't got time for that now
 Transmit the message to the receiver
 Hope for an answer some day
 I got three passports, couple of visas
 Don't even know my real name
 High on a hillside, the trucks are loading
 Everything's ready to roll
 I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime
 I might not ever get home
 This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
 This ain't no fooling around
 This ain't no Mudd Club or CBGB
 I ain't got time for that now
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 This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
 This ain't no fooling around
 No time for dancing or lovey-dovey
 I ain't got time for that now
 Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
 Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
 You oughta know not to stand by the window
 Somebody'll see you up there
 I got some groceries, some peanut butter
 To last a couple of days
 But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones
 Ain't got no records to play
 Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
 Gonna be different this time?
 Can't write a letter, I can't send no postcard
 I can't write nothing at all
 This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
 This ain't no fooling around
 I'd love to hold you, I'd love to kiss you but
 I ain't got time for that now
 Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
 We blended in with the crowd
 We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
 Know that ain't allowed
 We dress like students, we dress like housewives
 Or in a suit and a tie
 Changed my hairstyle so many times now
 Don't know what I look like
 You make me shiver, I feel so tender
 We make a pretty good team
 Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
 You oughta get you some sleep
 Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
 They won't help me survive
 My chest is aching and it burns like a furnace
 The burning keeps me alive