WARSONG © Bernard Carney 1991

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    Time for our minds to be taken from war
    The news is so boring and dreary
    More broken bones for a hungry dow jones
    And the people have all become weary

    The job has been done by the media's gun
    The establishment grows ever stronger
    No need to worry what's right or whats wrong
    Don't think about this any longer

    While the wars of the world rage on

    Each newscaster's bulletin bombards our brains
    Each article softens our thinking
    Each new righteous reason will mask and conceal
    The hole into which we are sinking

    The voices of protest grow quieter each day
    The crackpots who screamed against violence
    Are labelled as peaceniks and sent on their way
    The majority slides into silence

    And the wars of the world rage on

    When the young men and women caught up in this mess
    Join the ranks of the wounded and dying
    The media mutters of duty and honour
    And love of our country
    And the national flag will be flying

    Flying for a new world order of countries
    Flying for the new troops we're sending
    Flying for the old rules that fuel all the fires
    And prevent all these wars from ending

    While the wars of the world rage on

    Time for our minds to be taken from war
    The news is so boring and dreary
    More broken bones for a hungry dow jones
    And the people have all become weary

    Notes

Many thanks to Bernard Carney for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.

Bernard writes:
"This was written during the 1991 Gulf War as a response to the way mainstream media soothed us into thinking it was all for the greater good . We were shown aerial views of direct hits but the human cost was never counted. It seems to be happening again."

Warsong is on Bernard's CD "No Time Like The Future" BJCD981 1998
Vists his website at: http://www.bernardcarney.com