Love and War (11/11/46)

All is fair in love and we're in love

Now that everybody's dead we can finally talk

Can vanity and happiness coexist?

All the lovers we've takin' in direct view of the enemy

And we shift each other's body to accept the bullet

And continue the pleasure

The treasures of battle

It's only for the wounded, the purple-hearted

Why must you try to ruin my peace of mind?

And they were only words and I never meant them

I never loved you

Even in my weakness

You were fuel for the fire cannon fodder

And my grandpa drank, fell and broke his face in two

When the cops arrived he exclaimed "I fought in world war II"

And then carried him to darkened hospital room

And saw him moan and curse and he remembers you

And we can't identify the enemy

And it could be you so it'll cost you

And it only cost me my wife

And my job

??

And my mom and I went to identify the body

And I wanted to see but she wouldn't let me

I had to wait for the military cemetery

And when we got there this is what she said to me

"Love and war, in heaven and in hell

You get what you deserve

You'd better spread it well

All is fair in love and war and love

A civil world like this it always sells itself"