We've Been Asking Questions [Live] lyrics

We've been asking questions

Of everyone we meet

People that we've known for years

Neighbors down the street

How did it happen

How were we played for fools?

Gambling with our children's lives

In a game that has no rules

We need an answer

A reason why

The rulers wage the wars

But our children fight and die

Mothers and fathers

You're charged with your children's lives

It's up to you to cull between

The truth and all the lies

Is there a parent

Living on this earth

Who doesn't understand

What their children's dreams are worth?

We need an answer

A reason why

The rulers wage the wars

But our children fight and die

Did we ever think about

The pain in the night

Of the mother whose child was killed

In a bloody fight?

Or the young veteran who comes home

But not the same

Did you ever wonder

How it feels to have that pain?

Presidents and dictators

Tyrants and the Shahs

Order you to go to war

According to their personal laws

But don't blame your mothers and your fathers

Or your feelings inside

'Cause you're all the victims of

Generations of lies

When it comes right down to it

It's up to you

The future of the world

Depends on what you do

The future of the world

Depends on what you do