Mother Courage Finale - Duke Special

It overwhelms all opposition

It needs to grow or else it dies

What else is war but competition

A profit-building exercise?

War isn’t nice, you hope to shirk it

You hope you’ll find someplace to hide

But if you’ve courage You can work it

And set a tidy sum aside

The refugees?

Oh sure, I’ve seen ‘em

The thousands fleeing from the war

They’ve not a scrap of bread between ‘em

I wonder what they’re running for

Now spring has come and Winter’s dead

The snow has gone so draw a breath

Let Christian souls crawl out of their beds

Pull on their socks and conquer death

Sometimes there’s luck, and always worry

The war goes on, and perseveres

For war is never in a hurry

And it can last a thousand years

The day of wrath will come like thunder

But who has time to make amends?

You march in line but never wonder

How it began and where it ends

Now spring has come and Winter’s dead

The snow has gone so draw a breath

Let Christian souls crawl out of their beds

Pull on their socks and conquer death

The world will end and time will cease

And while we live we buy and sell

And in our graves we shall find peace

Unless the war goes on in Hell