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 I've seen a lot of people prayin' They pray to Allah and the pray to the Lord But mostly they pray about love and war Pray about love and war Pray about love and war 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 I've seen a lot of them failing They try to tell them and they try to explain Why daddy won't ever come home again Daddy won't ever come home Daddy won't ever come home I said a lot of things I can't take back But I don't really know if I wanna Sang songs about love, 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 Sing about love and war Saddest thing in the whole wide world Is to break the heart of your lover I made a mistake then I did it again And we struggled to recover I sang in anger hit another bad chord But I still try to sing about love and war Sing about love and war Sing about love and war Love and war 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 I've seen a lot of people prayin' They pray to Allah and the pray to the Lord But mostly they pray about love and war Pray about love and war Pray about love and war Love and war