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"What we've got here is failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach...
So, you get what we had here last week
which is the way he wants it!
Well, he gets it!
N' I don't like it any more than you men."
Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before
Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before
My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars
D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "Peace could last forever"
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom
When it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin'
For their promised land
And I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more
My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars
"WE PRACTICE SELECTIVE ANNIHILATION OF MAYORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
FOR EXAMPLE TO CREATE A VACUUM THEN WE FILL THAT VACUUM AS POPULAR WAR
ADVANCES PEACE IS CLOSER"
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
And I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
I don't need one more war
I don't need one more war
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway
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10 comments on this song.
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hustler218
amazing lyrics. this song is so powerful. they way everything was put together, the guitar, the drums, the bass. it just hits you.
added: 08/25/2004, 04:46 PM
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xXxStraight EdgexXx
This is by far one of my favs. by guns. awesome
added: 09/16/2004, 04:07 PM
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pardon_me_81
11 out of 10. Awesome song, time has not eroded my interest in this classic GNR track
added: 10/19/2004, 05:26 AM
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Big D
Wonderful stuff.
added: 01/06/2005, 10:25 PM
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Vash
fantastic track! the way it's put together is so cool, the clean guitar at the beginning then everything else comes in... oooh so powerful. again, one of the few great tracks on these awfully disappointing albums.
added: 01/20/2005, 11:18 PM
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svana
just amazing and powerful it just leaves an impact it has such meaning
added: 05/30/2005, 02:23 PM
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The Grimace
The first time i heard the song I felt goosebumps on my arms. Very powerful song . Best GNR song by far.
added: 12/03/2005, 08:34 PM
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Nova-Osiris
What's so Civil about War anyways..


Heh. what a song.
Some of the best stuff ever right here.
added: 07/18/2007, 01:48 AM
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Scott Summers
Wonder if anyone's ever remade this song. Would do well, especially considering the war we've got current day.
added: 06/11/2008, 04:27 AM
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Rockzilla
Very cool song - a bit heavy on the bombast - but that's Axl for you.
added: 01/28/2009, 09:33 PM
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