Johnny Goes To War Songtext
von Working Class Stiffs

Come on now
Uncle Sam wants you
To fight for the red, white and blue

Well, Johnny′s 18 years old
Bout to graduate from school
Thinking of summer, bikini girls by the pool
He's wondering what type of career he wants to do
A recruiting officer says ′let me talk to you'
He tells him all the benefits of joining the military
Johnny's thinking it sounds cool, doesn′t really seem that scary

He′s gonna train real hard, yeah he's gonna get buff
Chicks will dig the uniform, plus he get′s to blow shit up
Now he's gone through boot camp and he′s thinking that he's tough
Yeah, Johnny′s going to war

There's blood
There's guts and gore
And he doesn′t know why we′re fighting this war
There's 12 year olds with RPGs
Mom′s pushing a buggy full of IEDs, yeah


Uncle Sam wants you
To fight for the red, white and blue

They say it's for democracy
They say they′re communist
Or they say that they're terrorists
That they fuck with ISIS

They tell us it′s for freedom, but they don't give a shit
We're fighting for their oil
We′re fighting for profit

It it′s to free their people, why control what they do?
Tell them how to run their government
Does that sound free to you?

They use us as their puppets
Yeah, they're yanking on our strings
Jonny′s losing body parts
He's wrapped in bandages and slings
He′s blinded by gunfire
He's deafened by the ring


And there′s blood, guts and gore
And he doesn't know why we're fighting this war
There′s 12 year olds with RPGs
Mom′s pushing a buggy full of IEDs, yeah

Uncle Sam
He wants you
To fight for him
This is his war
Fuck