I've Known No War

I've known no war I've known no war And if I ever do I won't know for sure And if I ever do I won't know for sure Who'll be fighting whom Who'll be fighting whom For the soldiers lonely tomb For the soldiers lonely tomb Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar I'll know no war I'll know no war Galbraith took his pen Galbraith took his pen To break down the men To break down the men Of the German army defeated Of the German army defeated On the nineteenth day On the nineteenth day Of a spring day in May Of a spring day in may Albert Speer was deleted Albert Speer was deleted And as soon as the battle was over And as soon as the battle was over I was born in victorious clover I was born in victorious clover And I've never been shot at or gassed And I've never been shot at or gassed Never tortured or stabbed Never tortured or stabbed And I'm sure, I'll never know war And I'm sure, I'll never know war I know I'll never know war I know I'll never know war And if I ever do And if I ever do The glimpse will be short The glimpse will be short Fireball in the sky Fireball in the sky No front line battle cries No front line battle cries Can be heard and the button is pushed Can be heard and the button is pushed By a soul that's been bought By a soul that's been bought I'll know no war I'll know no war In and out of reach loft In and out of reach loft The medals are lost The medals are lost They belong to a lone broken sailor They belong to a lone broken sailor His provinces now His provinces now Are the bars of the town Are the bars of the town His songs and his poems of failure His songs and his poems of failure For his grandchildren can't see the glory For his grandchildren can't see the glory And his own kids are bored with the story And his own kids are bored with the story But for him they'd have burned behind netting But for him they'd have burned behind netting From the brink they were grabbed From the brink they were grabbed And I'm sure And I'm sure I'll never know war I'll never know war I've known no war I've known no war And if I ever do I won't know for sure And if I ever do I won't know for sure Who'll be fighting whom Who'll be fighting whom For the soldiers lonely tomb For the soldiers lonely tomb Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar I'll know no war I'll know no war War, I've known no war War, I've known no war I'll never know war I'll never know war And if I ever know it And if I ever know it The glimpse will be short The glimpse will be short Fireball in the sky Fireball in the sky No front line battle cries No front line battle cries Can be heard as the button is pushed by a soul that's been bought Can be heard as the button is pushed by a soul that's been bought And the armies remaining will judge without people or courts And the armies remaining will judge without people or courts And there's no point pretending that knowing will help us abort And there's no point pretending that knowing will help us abort I'll know no war I'll know no war --- I've Known No War - The Who