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