Living with War Everyday
By Barry L. Reece
The lyrics in italics from Neil Young

I’m living with war everyday
I’m living with war in my heart everyday
I’m living with war right now.

The procession of flay draped coffins is endless. A grieving
Mother stands near an open grave.  The echo of taps marks the
End of another soldier’s life.

More

Thousands of bodies in the ground
Brought home in boxes to a trumpets sound.

Bombs fall on Samarra, Quang Nam, Yuhmour and Haifa.
Civilian casualties mount.  Leaders invoke God when speaking
Of a war that involves maiming and killing of innocent people.

Thousands of children scarred for life
Millions of tears for a soldier’s wife.

Fiery rhetoric fuels the flames of war.  Fear replaces reason.
Better there than here.  The right war, the right time, the right place.
Bring’em on.

I’m living with war everyday
I’m living with war in my heart everyday
I’m living with war right now.