(You get your head down,
will you)

I want you
I want you to
I want you to march

Eyes go right, shoulder arms
Left wheel turn, show your
charms
Change your clothes, cut
your hair
Ain't no joke, ain't no
place for kids
When the flags are high,
hear the battle cry
Treaty gone, see the bandits
fly
Dig the trench, watch that
blast
Shell shock come, coming
fast
Name and rank on parade
Might get laid by a hand
grenade
Do you know what it means?

This - means - war
This means war, this means
war
I said this means war, this
means war
This means war

(Run for cover, hit the
deck, call for your mother)

I need you to fire
Cock your gun, wet your
sights
Get the bull dead to rights
Volunteers, one pace back
On the beach ain't no place
for kids
When the flack is high on a
bomber run
You don't talk back to an
ack-ack gun
Fire range, and you're in
the blitz
Keep your head or you're
blown to bits
Name and rank on parade
Might get laid by a hand
grenade
Do you know what it means?

This - means - war

Who's going there, is it a
friend or foe?
Propaganda time on the radio
Top brass shout as they
clown around
Peace talks die in Geneva
town

Do you know what it means?
This - means - war
This means war, this means
war
I said this means war, this
means war
This means war