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