A Spade

I will not lie down On the wrongful groundwork laid While it's still a radical sound Just to call a spade a spade Dear friends, women and men Please check my math once more In the totality of all war's history There's but one common denominator The answer is in the intention That lies behind the question Put that on your standardized Multiple choice I mean, how's this supposed to look to me? But half of divinity Out there trying to make harmony With only one voice You know, I've got experience Looking right past the obvious And I know what is so big and so close Is always the hardest stuff For us to reckon with The hardest stuff to know Dear friends, especially the women Tell me, are you up to the task? Of turning the wheel of human history At long last The answer is in the intention That lies behind the question Put that on your standardized Multiple choice I mean, how's this supposed to look to me? But half of divinity Out there trying to make harmony With only one voice I will not lie down On the wrongful groundwork laid While it's still a radical sound Just to call a spade a spade Dear friends, women and men What better time to face That we've been looking for the answer To war in the wrong place --- A Spade - Ani DiFranco