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Back when Eisenhower was the President
Golf courses is where most of his time was spent
So I never really listened to what the President said
Because in general I believed that the general was politically dead
But he always seemed to know when the muscles were about to be flexed
Because I remember him saying something
Mumbling something about a military industrial complex
Americans no longer fight to keep their shores safe
Just to keep the jobs going in the arms-making workplace
And then they pretend to be gripped by some sort of political reflex
But all they're doing is paying dues
To the military industrial complex
The military and the monetary
The military and the monetary
The military and the monetary
The military and the monetary get together
Whenever they think it's necessary
They turn our brothers and sisters into mercenaries
They are turning the planet into a cemetery
The military and the monetary use the media as intermediaries
They are determined to keep the citizens secondary
They make so many decisions that are arbitrary
We're marching behind the Commander in Chief
Who was standing under a spotlight shaking like a leaf
But the ship of state had landed on an economic reef
So we knew he was going to bring us messages of grief
The military and the monetary were shielded by January
And went storming into February
Brought us pot-bellied generals as luminaries
Two weeks ago I hadn't heard of the sumbitch
Now all of a sudden, he's legendary
They took the honor from the honorary
They took the dignity from the dignitary
They took the secrets from the secretary
But they left the bitch an obituary
The military and the monetary
From thousands of miles away in the Saudi Arabian sanctuary
Had us all scrambling for our dictionaries
'Cause we couldn't understand the fucking vocabulary
Yeah, there was some smart bombs
But there was some dumb ones as well
Scared the hell out of CNN in that Baghdad hotel
The military and the monetary
They get together whenever they think it's necessary
War in the desert sometimes sure is scary
But they beamed out the war to all their subsidiaries
Tried to make the so-damn-insane a worthy adversary
Keeping the citizens secondary
Scaring old folks into coronaries
The military and the monetary
From thousands of miles in the Saudi Arabian sanctuary
Kept us all wondering if all of this was really, truly necessary
We've got to work for peace
Peace ain't coming this way
If we only worked for peace
If everyone believed in peace the way they say they do
We'd, we'd have peace
The only thing wrong with peace is that
You can't make no money from it
The military and the monetary
They get together whenever they think it's necessary
They have turned our brothers and sisters into mercenaries
They are turning the planet into a cemetery
We've got to work for peace
Peace ain't coming this way
We should not allow ourselves to be misled
By talk of entering a time of peace
Peace is not the absence of war
It is the absence of the rumors of war
And the threats of war
And the preparation for war
Peace is not the absence of war
It is the time when we will all bring ourselves closer to each other
Closer to building a structure that is unique within ourselves
Because we have finally come to peace within ourselves
The military and the monetary
The military and the monetary
The military and the monetary
Get together whenever they think it's necessary
They have turned our brothers and sisters into mercenaries
They are turning parts of the planet into a cemetery
(What you gon' do?)
The military and the monetary
The military and the monetary
(People say, "What you gon' do?")
We hounded the Ayatollah religiously
(Biggest state in the UK, what you gon' do?)
Bombed Libya and killed Gaddafi's son hideously
(Knowing all you know, what's going on?)
We turned our back on our allies, the Panamanians
And saw Ollie North selling guns to the Iranians
Watched Gorbachev slaughtering Lithuanians
We better warn the Amish they may bomb the Pennsylvanians
(Work for peace)
The military and the monetary
(Everything you ever really wanted)
Get together whenever they think it's necessary
(Peace ain't coming this way)
They have turned our brothers and sisters into mercenaries
(You gotta go work for peace)
They are turning the planet into a cemetery
They got folks out there working for war
(One, two, three, four)
Make a whole lot of money
Start a little trouble, it's a war
Turn this planet into North and South, it's a war
Start a few rumors over there, make money with a war
(Work for peace)
Say it to yourself
(I don't wanna hurt nobody)
I believe we got to work for peace
Peace ain't gonna be free
(I don't wanna hurt nobody)
You gotta work for peace
If you believe in peace, gotta go to work
(I really don't wanna hurt nobody)
(I don't wanna hurt nobody)
They got folks out there working for war
(No, no, no, don't wanna hurt nobody)
Start a little trouble over here, what you got, it's a war
(Everything you ever really wanted)
(Had to go to work)
Turn these folks into North and South, it's a war
(Everything you ever really wanted)
(Had to go to work)
Start a little trouble over here, what you got, it's a war
(Everything you ever really wanted)
(Had to go to work)
Tell everybody you know we gotta work for peace
(One more time, gotta work)
(You gotta work, gotta work)
If you believe in peace, time to go to work
(You gotta work for peace)
I don't wanna sound like no late night commercial
But it's a matter of fact that there are
Thousands of children all over the world
In Asia and Africa and South America who need our help
When they start talking about fifty-five cents a day
And seventy cents a day
I know a lot of folks feel as though that's
That's, that's not, that's not really
Any kind of contribution to make
But we have to give up a dollar and a half
Just to get in the subway nowadays
(Everybody can live by the book of peace)
(Everybody can do something for the day)
So this is a song about tomorrow
And about how tomorrow can be better
If we all each one reach one
Each one try to teach one
Nobody can do everything
But everybody can do something
Everyone must play a part
Everyone got to go to work
Work for peace
Spirit say, "Work"
(Work for peace)
(You believe in what you say, go to work)
(If you believe in peace, it's time to go to work)
(Can't be waving your hand no more, go to work)
(Everything you ever really wanted)