Let Them Eat War lyrics

There's a prophet on a mountain and he's making up dinner

With long division and a riding crop

Anybody can feel like a winner when it's served up piping hot

But the people aren't looking for a handout

They're America's working corps

Can this be what they voted for?

Let them eat war, let them eat war

That's how to ration the poor

Let them eat war, let them eat war

There's an urgent need to feed declining pride

From the force to the union shops

The war economy is making new jobs

But the people who benefit most

Are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts

Who never stole from the rich to give to the poor

All they ever gave to them was a war

And a foreign enemy to deplore

Let them eat war, let them eat war

That's how to ration the poor

Let them eat war, let them eat war

There's an urgent need to feed declining pride

We've got to kill 'em and eat 'em before they reach for their checks

Squeeze some blue collars, let them bleed from their necks

Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat

'Cause it's freedom or debt and they won't question it

At a job site, the boss is godlike

Conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight

Seasoned vets with their feet in nets

A stone's throw away from a rock fight, but not tonight

(Feed 'em death) Here comes another ration

(Feed 'em death) 'Cause they're the finest in the nation

(Feed 'em death) But there's nothing left to feed 'em with

'Cause it's freedom, or it's death

Let them eat war, let them eat war

That's how to ration the poor

Let them eat war, let them eat war

There's an urgent need to feed

• Artist:Bad Religion
• Album:The Empire Strikes First (2004)