A soldier cut loose in Saigon He used to be a farmer just like anyone A soldier cut loose in Saigon Even to his father he's a violent son
Someone built a wall in Berlin Not to keep them out but to keep them in Someone built a wall in Berlin A permanent reminder of what's happening
We need a lot of love Got to take a lot of pain You can watch the river flood But get washed away the same Oh we know that things don't last So we use the guiding tracks Through the deadly ring of flame
Smoking in a room in Lebanon The hotels serving but the hospital is gone Choking in a room in Lebanon Many people hurting still the telephones on
Standing on a street in Belfast A city of division widows in black Standing on a street in Belfast Crunching of the feet on the broken glass
We need a lot of love Got to take a lot of pain You can watch the river flood But get washed away the same Oh we know that things don't last So we use the guiding tracks Through the deadly ring of flame
We need a lot of love Got to take a lot of pain You can watch the river flood But get washed away the same Oh we know that things don't last So we use the guiding tracks Through the deadly ring of flame
