Hawkwind - The War I Survived (Live) lyrics

Death comes like a glacier from the peaks of all wars

Reason and logic, the generals cry "more"

Bodies in gullies, contortionate poses

Fogged by the scent of mustard gas and roses

Take me back to the war I survived

I can't live no more, this is slaughterhouse five

Take me back to the war I survived

Gather them all it's a Slaughterhouse Five

As buildings belch bombs to the haloed Moon

Entrust its landscape to the barren gloom

A bulletproof Bible can protect your heart

Who'll cover your eyes when you're falling apart

Take me back to the war I survived

Gather them all it's a Slaughterhouse Five

Take me back to the war I survived

Gather them all it's a Slaughterhouse Five

Mischief rides high upon the martyrs back

Provide the creedence for unprovoked attack

Yet in their use can these shadows have form

Armies create circles, sparks for the dawn

Take me back to the war I survived

Gather them all it's a Slaughterhouse five

Take me back to the war I survived

Gather them all it's a Slaughterhouse five

And so it goes no one is left alive

Take me back to the war I survived

These were people like you and I

Take me back to the war I survived

Thanks to nite_rider for correcting these lyrics