War Baby

Only the very young and the very beautiful can be so aloof Hanging out with the boys, all swagger and poise I don't even care what other people are there I just stare and stare and stare I see your shadow in the swimming pool I see your face in the shaving mirror Time and time and time again I follow your footsteps so quietly up the backstairs And I hope, and I pray you're never going to find me there Smooth skin and tenderness long ago on a dark night Wish I could see you once again to remember that it was true I wanna be still beside you, quiet and still beside you Listening to your breathing and feeling your warmth again War baby War baby War baby, I'm scared, so scared Whatever it is you keep putting me through I don't think I could stand another ten years of this fighting Always stabbing and wounding only getting my own back I don't wanna batter you to your feet and knees and elbows When I'm kneeling by the candle at the foot of my own bed Corresponding disasters every night on the TV Sickening reality keeps gripping me in its guts All my friends talk and joke and laugh about Armageddon But like a nightmare, it's still waiting there at the end of every day You were a war baby You were a war baby This means war baby I'm scared, so scared Whatever it is they keep putting me through So here we are now Back in the old country The world done frighting and I've Forgotten about the world outside Out in the houses They will finish the dead and then watch TV Get ready for a better dream about the weekend You and me We're so, so in love In the middle of this crowded room Oh, it's gonna be so cold I wonder which way the wind blows When the wind blows Oh, how much longer War baby And you're a war baby Don't wanna live in another world, war baby I'm so scared