Same Old Song

Verse 1

It’s the same old song, we’ve heard a hundred times before

It’s not about peace, it’s not about love

Dylan sang of it in the Masters of War

And we’re still singing 50 years more

Chorus

Oh, oh, oh, will we never learn

Pour oil on a fire and it always burns

Oh, oh, oh, will we never learn

Fan the flame of hate and watch it burn

Verse 2

Tribal separation is the modern curse

Fragment & divide, create difference

Nationalist narcissism, blames everyone else

From those who believe they’re the chosen ones

Chorus

Oh, oh, oh, will we never learn

Pour oil on a fire and it always burns

Oh, oh, oh, will we never learn

Fan the flame of hate and watch it burn

Verse 3

Like the 3 monkeys the UN turns away

Watching from Olympus they prevaricate

With surgical thunderbolts they pray it all goes away

But you can’t stab at cancer - you’ve got to cut-it out

Chorus

Oh, oh, oh, will we never learn

Pour oil on a fire and it always burns

Oh, oh, oh, will we never learn

Fan the flame of hate and watch it burn