You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War Songtext

von The Waterboys

When your girlfriend asks you 'round to her house and you meet her folks
And they say that your hair's too long and you're not their kind of bloke
They grab you by the collar and they throw you through the door
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Well, you're working very hard to get promotion at your job
But arrive late on morning just because you mist the bus
The foreman says "you're fired, 'cause you punctuality spoor"
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You go into a hotel to get put up for the night
And they say that you can't stay there just because your shirt ain't white

You're tired and you're hungry, you cannot walk no more
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Ain't no money, ain't no woman, ain't no roof above your head
So you lay down in the park and you wish that you were dead
The fuzz say that you are trespassing and kick you in the jaw
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war