Heard the call for more and morenwith old bloodstains still on my floornmy dog still don't remember menbusy being all that he can benjust one more push I heard you saynand we'll finally win the daynbut my children seem to need me toonwhat's a patriotic boy to do?nnBenchmarks, surges, shock and awenno time to let the cold war thawna soldier without things to shootnlike a Garden of Eden with no fruitntemp me not with flag or wordsnfrom your lips it sounds absurdnmy daddy fought your Asia warnsomething else you'll have to answer fornnIf you don't cutnI won't runntake off my shoesnput down your gunnlook yonder at the setting sunnsurely there's enoughnfor everyonennWill we say that liquid in the groundnis what has us honor boundnto follow orders come what maynthat'll surely ruin another's dayneven smart bombs have been known to benas dumb as those in an SUVnfor the cheerleaders standing on the sidenc'mon with me we'll take a ridenLets trade places for a weeknif supporting me is what you seekncome dismantle some IED'snsee what it's like to intercedenin somebody else's civil warnit's blood and guts and grime and gorenand dreams of home under desert sky'snanother head full of wonder why's nnIf you don't cutnI won't runntake off my shoesnput down your gunnlook yonder at the setting sunnsurely there's enoughnfor everyonennThis war...this war is killing menwhen you close your eyes and still you seenand nothing can quite stop the screamsnfrom coming to you deep in dreamsnI once thought I knew who I wasnnow I do things just becausenthe world is turned upside downnand made me the talk of my hometownnnIf you don't cutnI won't runntake off my shoesnput down your gunnlook yonder at the setting sunnsurely there's enoughnfor everyone