Prove your courage in the proud parade
Use their vision just to blind the blind
So do your duty, boys, and join with pride
It's over, it's over
Unpaid actors of the mystery
It's over, it's over
I declare the war is over
I'm afraid the war is over
Poisoned players of a grizzly game
Fading rhythms of a fading land
You only are what you believe
This country is to young to die
Angry artists painting angry signs
And they're afraid that I'm afraid
Trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made
But just before the end even treason might be worth a try
And what's this got to do with me
I declare the war is over
The gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived
Drums are drizzling on a grain of sand
Pardon me if I refrain
Serve your country in her suicide
It's over, it's over
I declare the war is over
The mad director knows that freedom will not make you free
I believe the war is over
One-legged veterans will greet the dawn
One is guilty and the other gets the point to blame
Find the flags, so you can wave goodbye
And they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn
And the gargoyles only sit and grieve
It's over, it's over
