You should have gone to Canada You could have run away But you couldn't shame your parents You say you had to stay So you get yourself drafted So you went ahead and went And you thought you'd be a hero And not a dissident
War Crime... War Crime
You used to be a good boy You used to be the best Then you tried the drug Ad you dreamt about the west Everyone's your enemy Everyone's your friend Your world was upside down To kill was not to sin So you shot the wrong woman Or you shot the wrong kid Now Sam will make you regret That you ever did But you had no choice You were told what to do Orders from the helicopter crew
War Crime... War Crime
Back home they wanted blood For the atrocities For the innocent who died On they're TVs They demanded justice They demanded you They wanted to watch you hang Till you turned blue
War Crime... War Crime
And the president said that that's OK Because it takes they're attention away From the real crime, the war There are no war crimes War is the crime