Tragedy Songtext
von Corey Smith

More talk of revolution and you′re nodding off
Head up on your desk until the teacher calls
What are you here for? Oh, what are you here for?
Digging through the garbage, pulling out yesterday's news
One war after the other, hell, you get ′em all confused
They go on and on and on and on, on and on and on and on and on

We don't need another tragedy
We don't need another tragedy
Hands on the heart, eyes on the flag, war on the mind

What happens when our schooling only makes us dumb?
And the suffering of a neighbor only makes us numb?
What are we here for? Oh, what are we here for?
When power uses freedom like a shiny limousine
Pulling words out of the bible to hide an evil scheme
It goes on and on and on and on, on and on and on and on and on

But we don′t need another tragedy
We don′t need another tragedy
A cross in the ground is hell on the heart and war on the mind


If you wanna stop the enemy
Find whoever's writing history
Tell ′em we don't need another
We don′t need another tragedy

We don't wave a white flag, but no flag at all
Standing on the ramparts of the prison wall
What are we here for? Oh, what are we here for?
Oh, freedom′s like a river and the current's flowing strong
And I'm caught up in a movement like a choir in a song
Singing on and on and on and on, on and on and on and on and on

We don′t need another tragedy
We don′t need another tragedy
Brother, we don't need another
We don′t need another tragedy

If you wanna stop the enemy
Find whoever's writing history
Tell ′em we don't need another
We don′t need another tragedy, no, no, no
We don't need another
We don't need another tragedy