Collateral Damage
words and music by Dan Sheehan

An army moves in to finish the job
The planes have raised their chance of survival
By dropping their bombs all over the land
On dog and man and woman and child

Now justify it! Don't just deny it!
There's no demand but we still supply it!

Join in the chorus before it's too late
Repeat the mantra now don't hesitate
Milliions of people cannot all be wrong
Until they realize the words to their song

An orphaned boy who's lost both arms
Is an image for the rest of the world to see
But here in the good old U.S. of A.
We only see what's chosen by the folks in D.C.

Now rectify it! I'll testify it!
You're selling cheap but we don't buy it
Now justify it! Don't just deny it!
There's no demand but we still supply it!

Join in the chorus before it's too late
Embrace the random morals we dictate
Milliions of people just can't all be wrong
'Til they discover the words to their song

Tens of thousands of lives been lost
But we only mourn the 10%
Who met their maker in a uniform
And speak the right language with the right accent

Humanitarian charity workers
Never the subject of our prayers and our praise
Risking their lives without taking others
Despite no applause for the hopes that they raise

Join in the chorus before it's too late (Now
Repeate the mantra now don't hesitate
Milliions of people just can't all be wrong
'Til they've rewritten the words to their song