The Civil Wars

David Byrne

I got a right to be outa my mind

I got a right to be who I am

Love me, love my problems

The good times and the rotten

The war is in me

The war is in you

The war is in ev'rybody now

The safest homes

Are outa control---



They are fightin' with knives and forks

Demonstrating how democracy works

God's good and God is great

So I wear my happy face

The war is in me

The war is in you

The war is in ev'rybody now

The wolf is loose

He's livin' in you



There'll be a celebration

Johnny comes marching home

His eyes are on the ceiling

It ain't no fashion show

A hairy situation

It does things to your skin

Although it ain't no party

You're dyin' to get in---



Sex is something if it's lookin' good

A cease fire in the neighborhood

We bleed and stain the carpet

We start our own republic

The war is in me

The war is you

The war is ev'rybody now

The greatest love

In heaven above



There'll be a celebration

Johnny comes marching home

His eyes are on the ceiling

It ain't no fashion show

A hairy situation

It does things to your skin

Although it ain't no party

You're dyin' to get in---