Artist/Band:
Blood Sweat And Tears
Lyrics for Song: The Battle
Lyrics for Album: Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 [1970]
While the king and queen lie sleeping, and their daughter smiles so nice,
Brothers wait through windows, and the peasants dive for rice,
And here I'm standing naked, laughing madly at the sun,
Though I wanted to sleep late today, the battle's just begun.
Oh the devil and all his wisdom,
The father and all his grace,
The servants' sons are washed in blood,
And the man has run his race.
A moving target looms behind the street where soldiers stood,
Siren screams out desperately like only humans could
And standing on my balcony, I watch the battle run,
Yes the war is never over, but the day is never done.
Oh the devil and all his wisdom,
The father and all his grace,
The servants' sons are washed in blood,
And the man has run his race.
Six white horses like the wind are running; five are far behind,
The captain lost his daughter; the sergeant lost his mind,
The soldiers, they still scream for riches, even though they swore,
That the sons and daughters wouldn't live, unless we won the war.
The devil and all his wisdom,
The father and all his grace,
The servants' sons are washed in blood,
And the man has run his race.
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