[Intro]

If you grew up in the sixties

You grew up with war on TV every night

The war that your friends were involved in

And uh, I wanna do this song tonight for all the young people out there

If you're in your teens

'Cause I remember

A lot of my friends when we were seventeen or eighteen we didn't

Have much of a chance to think about how we felt about a lot of things

And uh, the next time

They're gonna be lookin' at you

And you're gonna need a lot of information to know

What you're gonna wanna do

Because in 1985

Blind faith in your leaders or in anything will get you killed

'Cause what I'm talkin' about here is

[Chorus]

War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Say it again

War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Come on

[Verse 1]

War is something that I despise

For it means the destruction of innocent lives

And thousand words in mothers' cry

When their sons go out to fight to give their lives

[Chorus]

War, huh (Woah woah yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Say it again

War, huh (No no yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Hey

[Post-Chorus]

War

It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker

War

Friend only to the undertaker

[Verse 2]

Yeah, war is the enemy of all mankind

The thought of war just blows my mind

Handed down from generation to generation

Induction, destruction, who wants to die?

[Chorus]

War, huh (Woah woah no)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Say it again

War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Come on now

[Post-Chorus]

War

It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker

War

Friend only to the undertaker

[Verse 3]

War has shattered many young men's dreams

Made them disabled, bitter and mean

Life is too precious to be fighting wars each day

War can't give life, it can only take it away

[Chorus]

War, huh (Oh oh yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Say it again

War, huh (Good God, y'all)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

[Verse 4]

Peace, love and understanding all

There must be some place for these things today

They say we must fight to keep our freedom

But Lord, there's gotta be another way that's better than

[Chorus]

War, huh (Oh oh yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Say it again

War, huh (Good God)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Come on now

War, huh (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Say it again

War, huh (Oh yeah)

What is it good for?

Nothing

I'm talkin' 'bout war