Judgment Day

And sometimes it's too much to bear

The dead and dying everywhere

And every day for me is Judgment Day

Every day for me is Judgment Day

I sit among my charts and maps

And hear the lonely call of "Taps"

Like the wind across the moon

I pray to God that I am right

And then I send boys off to fight

And travel home in boxes far too soon

May God have mercy on my soul

For all the years that I have stolen

From the men who follow what I say

May the families all forgive

The orders I so calmly give them

As I march their sons into harm's way

Out there on the killing floor

I hear the bloody sounds of war

Watch a thousand more souls slip away

But sometimes it's too much to bear

The dead and dying everywhere

Every day for me is Judgment Day

Every day for me is Judgment Day

I write to mothers of their sons

And say they were the bravest ones

And then I pour a drink and sleep

Sleep is only filled with drums

Signs of death till morning comes

The heart of darkness where my soul can weep

Come walk a mile in bloody shoes

And lose the men that I am losing

Watch them pay the piper for my tune

Come walk among their ghosts with me

Look through eyes too used to seeing

Faces who have joined the lost platoon

Come Judgment Day, God only knows

If man will reap the pain he sows

And what will be the price he has to pay

Down here on the killing floor

Among the crimson rags of war

For me, each day I live is Judgment Day

Every day for me is Judgment Day

May God have mercy on my soul (have mercy)

For all the years that I have stolen (I have stolen)

From the men who follow what I say (God forgive me)

And may their families all forgive (forgive)

The orders I so calmly give them

As I march their sons into harm's way

And out there on the killing floor

I hear the bloody sounds of war

And watch a thousand more souls slip away (watch them slip away)

But sometimes it's too much to bear (to bear)

The dead and dying everywhere

And every day for me is Judgment Day (every day)

Every day for me is Judgment Day (every day)

Every day for me is Judgment Day