Shadows on the faces
I wanna know who these men in the shadows are
There is blood on the wire
There are children at the cannons
There is blood on the wire
When you think that you've heard it before
There is blood on the wire
There is blood on the wire
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
Of the men who fan the flames
There is blood on the wire
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
There are people under fire
There is blood on the wire
Where their business interest runs
Of the men who send the guns
And now nations are driven to war
On the radio, talk shows and TV
Where their business interest runs
But they are never around to fight or to die
There are people under fire
To those wars that are fought in places
So they pick up a brick or a gun or a stone
How we come to the aid of a friend
I wanna hear somebody asking them why
How governments lie to their people
But they are never around to fight or to die
There are lives in the balance
I wanna hear somebody asking them why
To those wars that are fought in places
There is
These governments killing their own?
Well, who are these ones we call our friends
There are shadows on the faces
You hear one thing again and again
There are children at the cannons
Shadows on the faces
There is blood on the wire
There are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There is blood on the wire
There is blood on the wire
Of the men who send the guns
There is
There are children at the cannons
You might ask what it takes to remember
We can't even pronounce their names
How the USA stands for freedom
To those wars that are fought in places
Or is it the ones who can't take any more?
There are lives in the balance
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
I wanna know who these men in the shadows are
