Armistice Day

You're watching people fighting

You're watching people losing on Armistice Day

You're watching people fighting

You're watching people losing on Armistice Day

The watchers do the wincing, reporters so convincing

The TV never lies

I went looking for a war and the only guns I saw

Never used in anger

Watching people fighting

Watching people losing, Armistice Day

You're watching people fighting

You're watching people losing on Armistice Day

The fixers do the fixing, the locals do the lynching

The papers deny

I went looking for a headline, got talking to the back line

They'd never seen the action

Watching people fighting

You're watching people losing on Armistice Day

You're watching people fight or say they might

Oh, say they lose on Armistice Day

Watchers do the wincing, reporters so convincing

The TV never lies, it never lies

I went looking for a war and the only guns I saw

Never used in anger

Fixers do the fixing, the locals do the lynching

The papers deny