From the recording Two Feathers
Lyrics
LAY DOWN YOUR GUN GOOD SOLDIER MAN, WHY DON’T YOU RUN ON HOME.
THE SUN IS SETTING DOWN IN YOUR HOME TOWN, AND YOUR CHILDREN CRY ALL ALONE.
THERE’S A PICTURE OF YOU ON A FIREPLACE, A MEMORY DUG DEEP IN HER HEART, SO WHEN YOUR ENGAGED AND THE BULLETS ARE FIRING, THAT’S WHEN HER TEARDROPS START.
CAUSE’ YOU’RE NO GOOD TO HER IN A CASKET, NO GOOD IF YOU’VE BEEN MAMED, LIKE A CRIM' WITH A PERFECT ALIBI, AIN’T NO GOOD IF YOU'VE BEEN NAMED.
AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU EVER NOTICED, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KEPT THE SCORE, DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE THE BRAVEST, CAUSE’ THERE AIN’T NO LOVE IN THIS WAR.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR, WHY IS YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE? IS IT THOSE IN THE HOUSES OF FEAR, JUST PREFER A GOOD RED WHEN THEY DINE?
I KNOW JESUS WAS A TRAVELLER, WALKED AROUND THE HOLY LAND, PICKED UP THE DIRT IN HIS FINGERS, BLESSED EVERY GRAIN IN HIS HAND. WHAT IF JESUS WAS A MUSICIAN, WITH THE GEAR IN THE BACK OF HIS VAN, SPREADING GOOD WILL IN A PROTEST SONG, WOULD HE BE A FAR LESSER MAN?
AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU EVER NOTICED, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KEPT THE SCORE, DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE THE BRAVEST, CAUSE’ THERE AIN’T NO LOVE IN THIS WAR.
THERE’S A HEROES WELCOME AT THE FRONT DOOR, A TRASH CAN STRAIGHT OUT THE BACK. WHO WILL REMEMBER THE DEEDS YOU HAVE DONE, TEN YEARS ON DOWN THE TRACK?
LIKE A GOOD HORSE WHOSE DAYS ARE NUMBERED, WHEN ITS OVER YOU AIN’T WORTH A BUCK, SO I HOPE YOU'RE INFORMED WHEN YOU MARCH OFF TO WAR, AND I WISH YOU A SAFE PASSAGE BACK.
AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU EVER NOTICED, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KEPT THE SCORE, DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE THE BRAVEST CAUSE' THERE AIN’T NO LOVE IN THIS WAR.
AIN’T NO LOVE IN THIS WAR, AIN’T NO LOVE, NO LOVE AT ALL, AIN’T NO LOVE IN THIS WAR, AIN’T NO LOVE NO LOVE NO LOVE AT ALL, AIN’T NO LOVE IN THIS WAR.