Love and War - Neil Young

When I sing about love and war

I don’t really know what I’m saying

I’ve been in love and I’ve seen a lot of war

Seen a lot of people praying

They pray to Allah and they prey to the lord

But mostly they pray about love and war

Pray about love and war

I’ve seen a lot of young men go to war

And leave a lot of young brides waiting

I’ve watched them try to explain it to their kids

And seen a lot of them failing

They tried to tell them and they tried to explain

Why Daddy won’t ever come home again

Daddy won’t ever come home again

I said a lot of things that I can’t take back

But I don’t really know if I want to

There’ve been songs about love

I sang songs about war

Since the backstreets of Toronto

I sang for justice and I hit a bad chord

But I still try to sing about love and war

Sing about love and war

The saddest thing in the whole wide world

Is to break the heart of your lover

I made a mistake and I did it again

And we struggled to recover

Then I sang in anger, hit another bad chord

But I still try to sing about love and war

I’ve been in love and I’ve seen a lot of war

Seen a lot of people praying

They pray to Allah and they prey to the lord

But mostly they pray about love and war

Pray about love and war