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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Künstler:in
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Komponist:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Produzent:in
Chris Birkett
Chris Birkett
Produzent:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ooh, you're slick
You investors in hate
You Saddams and you Bushes
You Bin Ladens and snakes
You billionaire bullies
You're a globalized curse
You put war around the masses
And then you clean out the purse
[Verse 2]
And that's how it's done
War after war
You old feudal parasites
You just sacrificed the poor
You got the cutting edge weapons
But your scam's still the same
As it's been since the Romans
Always a patriot game
[Verse 3]
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
[Verse 4]
You twisters of language
You creeps of disguise
Your disinformation
Is like worms in your eyes
You privileged bankers
You gambler thieves
You profit on war
Less money in peace
[Verse 5]
So, that's how it's done
Time after time
And country after country
And crime after crime
You pretend it's religion
Like there's no one to blame
For the dead and impoverished
In your little patriot game
[Verse 6]
Honey, that's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
[Verse 7]
You got the world's greatest power
And you team up with thugs
Make a fortune on weapons
Destruction and drugs
But your flags and boots and uniforms
Start to all look the same
When both sides are playin'
Your little patriot game
[Verse 8]
And that's how it's done
And you've got our sons
In the crosshairs of horror
At the end of a gun
And your national anthems
They start to all smell the same
When all sides are playin'
In the patriot game
[Verse 9]
This is the war racket
That's just the war racket
That starts the war racket
That starts the war racket
[Verse 10]
And war is never ever holy
It's just the greedy man's dream
And you two-faced crusaders
Both sides are obscene
War is not made by God
War is made by men
Who misdirect our attention
While you thieves do your thing
[Verse 11]
And that's how it's done
'Bout every thirty years
The rich fill the coffers
The poor fill with tears
The young fill the coffins
The old hang a wreath
The politicians get photographed
With their names underneath
[Verse 12]
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
[Verse 13]
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
That's the war racket
Written by: Buffy Sainte-Marie

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