The Sound Of War - Max Romeo

Whoa, oh, oh

The sounds, the sounds of war

It ain’t pretty, oh

I hear the sound of war

Echoing over yonder

It make I-man stop and wonder

I heard the song of bomb

That sound like thunder

The flashing like that looks like lighting

The rolling of the tanks across the plains

And the children so confused

And the elders not amused

Is Babylon unleashing all its might

Destroying everything in sight

I can feel the agony of the people

Filled with fear, destruction everywhere

When two governments disagree, the people dies

No one listens to their cries

Whenever theirs war, the children perish

Losing everything they ever cherish

They send their sons and daughters to die on the battlefield

All in the name of freedom, all in the name of democracy

Those that make it back, they show no mercy

Living in the streets like rats

Nowhere to rest their backs

I hear the sound of war

Echoing over yonder

Said I hear the sound of war

Echoing over yonder

I can feel the agony of the people

Filled with fear, destruction everywhere

Whoa, oh the sound of war

It ain’t pretty

I said the sound of war

It ain’t pretty

It ain’t pretty

Whenever there is war, the children perish

Losing everything they ever cherish

We send our sons and daughters to die on the battlefield

All in the name of freedom, all in the name of democracy

And those that make it back, they show no mercy

Living in the streets like rats

Nowhere to rest their backs