They Want War

They are young and they're kids and believe what they see To do what they've been told And so they walk away with open eyes Some are eight or nine or ten And they die like a fly, and no one knows Who they are, they're smaller than the gun they load See their eyes open wide They died before they ever cried They die in the streets and they die in the fields When they do what they've been told But now they're lying dead Their eyes are closed Some are eight or nine or ten And they die like a fly and no one knows Who they are, they're smaller than the gun they load See their eyes open wide, they died before they ever cried Who taught them how, how to pray Who told them they're in paradise when they're gonna die They are blind and they can't fight They want war They are blind and they can't fight They want war They are blind and they can't fight They want war They are blind and they can't fight They want war They are blind and they can't fight They want war They are blind and they can't fight They want war You're gonna pay the price, you little devil in disguise For taking life with no regard, you'll go to hell And there you'll burn Children in the battlefield, please don't go Little birds with fluttering hearts, please don't go