should I go off to war to die
to justify my mothers tears
so I can look my father in his eyes
or to calm my brothers fears

should I go off to war to die
to shed the yolk of tyranny
spill the blood of a paper crown
water the tree of liberty

should I go off to war to die
to mend a broken past
to hem a wayward strand
or save a cobbled cast

should I go off to war to die
to feed a starving calf
to pry the hand from it's mothers teat
or separate the wheat from chaff

should I go off to war to die
to answer the bugles call
march against a blood red tide
and bring silence to them all

should I go off to war to die
to sacrifice the lamb
rain hell upon the dogs of war
and bring salvation to the damned

should I go off to war to die
give the ghost up never to return
just leave my body where it lie
so to prove the worm has turned