When Kings Fought in Their Own Wars
This food just isn't filling And I won't leave the building And I don't even listen And I won't be forgiven All the federal agents are running away and they're ending negotiations I hope I don't forget what I meant to say about the impermanence of nations I can't start this over and I can't just rewind To when kings fought in their own wars and you were mine Years before the killing And years before Pat Tillman You were young and willing And I wasn't such a villain Now they're waiting for me to run out of air so they can send the S.W.A.T. team in Despite the whiskey I can't help but care about the days before the movement was ready to begin The smell of nerve gas takes me back to the time When kings fought in their own wars and you were mine They'll call me a madman When the news explains what happened But I can't stop laughing At all this fun I'm having There's a man on the other side of this wall with two children and a wife Even though I know it'll mean my downfall I just can't take his life 'Cause that could have been us, oh baby, wouldn't that be fine If kings fought in their own wars and you were mine |