worked all your life then sell your job oh lawdy
walk down the street get punched in the gob oh lawdy
kids get done when they go to school and they don't even know what for
that's when you know you lost the war
prison like a holiday camp oh lawdy
gone for a minute and your car gets clamped oh lawdy
play the game like they tell you to and still end up poor
that's when you know you lost the war
Bookies say you look sucha mug oh lawdy
bank says we ain't got enough oh lawdy
someone comes in the middle of the night steals your stuff you worked hard for
that's when you know you lost the war
break
and everybody thinks they got a say, the simple truth is you're just in the way
people marching in the street oh lawdy
placards waving fifty deep oh lawdy
someone else takes over and it's just like before
that's when you know you lost the war
solo over complete verse
and everybody thinks they got a say, the simple truth is you're just in the way
fifty men and a dead man chest oh lawdy
just cos you were unlike of rest oh lawdy
they told you it was freedom you were fighting for
a country fit for heroes a paradise for sure
when you ask for help they kicked you out the door
that's when you know you lost the war