Songs about War
War. What is it good for? Through the decades, hundreds of songs have been written about war. From protest songs to victory celebration songs, they're all right here with lyrics and user-submitted interpretations.
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Paul Hardcastle -
Don McLean"In Nineteen Sixty Seven the draft caught up with me,
me and my pal Joe went off to war.
We might find hero's heaven, but we'd keep the country free.
We would surely win just like before." -
Green Day -
Muse -
Iron Maiden -
Kate Bush -
Megadeth -
System of a Down -
Barry Sadler -
Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods"Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
And as he started to go,
She said Billy keep your head low
Billy, don't be hero, come back to me" -
Breaking Benjamin -
System of a Down -
Bruce Springsteen"I got in a little hometown jam
Someone put a rifle in my hands
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man" -
Dead Kennedys -
Guns N' Roses -
Rancid -
A Perfect Circle -
Toby Keith -
Pink -
Metallica -
Phil Ochs"And when it came my time to serve I knew better dead than red
But when I got to my old draft board, buddy, this is what I said:
Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
And I always carry a purse" -
Billy Bragg"I never got home, my platoon was never saved
That little fox hole became my island grave
Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained
Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain" -
Creedence Clearwater Revival"Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, lord,
And when you ask them, 'how much should we give?'
Ooh, they only answer 'more! more! more!' yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son." -
Peter Gabriel -
Barenaked Ladies -
Rise Against -
Paula Cole"She had two babies, one was six months, one was three
In the war of '44...
Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging
When she thought it was God calling her
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?" -
Tim McGraw"Looks like I only got a one way ticket over here
Sure wish I
Could give you one more kiss
And war was just a game we played when we were kids" -
Gorillaz -
Slayer -
Bob Dylan"You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly." -
Eminem -
Billy Talent"I gave my life to save her
The ocean turned to red
In the fall, in the fall, when the tide took them all
Cut down like lambs at slaughter,
Good men were left for dead
In the fall, in the fall, when the tide took them all" -
Linkin Park -
Neil Young -
Brantley Gilbert"Preacher said he died too young
Over there totin' that gun
For Uncle Sam and our freedom
Mom and Daddy dressed in black
They folded up that flag
Handed it to dad
Started prayin'
Yeah he went out 21 guns blazin'" -
Skeeter Davis -
They Might Be Giants -
Imagine Dragons -
Bob Dylan -
Avenged Sevenfold -
They Might Be Giants -
Creedence Clearwater Revival -
Iron Maiden -
Simon & Garfunkel -
Mike + The Mechanics -
Animals -
System of a Down -
Lucinda Williams -
Otherwise -
Billy Ray Cyrus"All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all" -
Fun. -
U2 -
Rise Against -
Metallica -
Roger Whittaker -
Alice In Chains -
Decemberists, The -
Simon & Garfunkel -
Bob Dylan -
Phil Ochs -
30 Seconds To Mars -
Breaking Benjamin -
Edwin Starr -
Black Sabbath -
System of a Down -
Animals -
Peter Paul & Mary -
Flobots -
Creedence Clearwater Revival -
Billy Talent -
Decemberists, The -
Cranberries, The
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