[Verse 1]

Although I couldn't afford it

I bought a beat up guitar

I worked ’til four in the mornin'

In a broken down bar

[Refrain]

This is why we fight

This is why we fight

[Verse 2]

I know we're all out of money

Don't let the billionaires win

We ain't got much, but we're hungry

It's burning under our skin

[Refrain]

This is why we fight

This is why we fight

[Verse 3]

Oh, come on darlin'

There's a war on our TV

But it's all right

In our bedrooms we are free

Deep in the guts of me

I love you violently

Until the dawn's early light

[Refrain]

This is why we fight

This is why we fight

[Verse 4]

Come put your hand on my heartbeat

There is a marching band in me

It sings a national anthem

For an island in the sea

Where everybody's somebody

Where everybody’s gone free

[Refrain]

This is why we fight

[Bridge]

Now every morning when I wake up

I put another bullet in my coffee cup

[Verse 3 - Reprise]

Oh, come on darlin'

There's a war on our TV

But it's all right

In our bedrooms we are free

Deep in the guts of me

I love you violently

Until the dawn's early light

[Refrain]

This is why we fight

This is why we fight

This is why we fight

This is why we fight