They are young and they're kids

and believe what they see

To do what they've been told

And so they walk away with open eyes



Some are eight or nine or ten

And they die like a fly, and no one knows

Who they are, they're smaller than the gun they load



See their eyes open wide

They died before they ever cried



They die in the streets and they die in the fields

When they do what they've been told

But now they're lying dead

Their eyes are closed



Some are eight or nine or ten

And they die like a fly and no one knows

Who they are, they're smaller than the gun they load



See their eyes open wide, they died before they ever cried

Who taught them how, how to pray

Who told them they're in paradise when they're gonna die



They are blind and they can't fight

They want war

They are blind and they can't fight

They want war

They are blind and they can't fight

They want war

They are blind and they can't fight

They want war

They are blind and they can't fight

They want war

They are blind and they can't fight

They want war...



You're gonna pay the price, you little devil in disguise



For taking life with no regard, you'll go to hell

And there you'll burn



Children in the battlefield, please don't go



Little birds with fluttering hearts, please don't go