Disposable Hero

You wonder off to war,
Amid cries of joy and secret pain
When and if he comes back, he'll be a hero
For now he's just a pawn
Fighting a war he didn't start
A war that he never understood
His superiors, five star hotels abroad
They go to tea parties with fat English ladies
Making silly jokes at their very own expense
But his mamma stares at faded photo props on the wall

Respectable war
Disposable hero
There's a war, and the hero on the mail

Respectable war
Disposable hero
There's a war (There's a war)
And the hero on the mail

In this day of cries
Worn out with poverty
They already bought him the rights to his life
How he lives the best
Ain't his business but the world's
While they keep on singing
Drinking whisky all day long
On the morning news on television
The big shots down street down the middle
The messiah healer have some money
So who's gonna be first on that plane
They must be next
His illusion, he turned his back on the war
A broken soul but a boy his heart couldn't stand a chance
As a soldier, a soldier of fortune
He is quickly labelled backstabber why (Couldn't take no more)
No more party jokes

Respectable war
Disposable hero
There's a war, and the hero on the mail

Respectable war
Disposable hero, hero
There's a war (There's a war)

Respectable war
Disposable hero
There's a war (There's a war)
And the hero on the mail

Respectable war
Disposable hero, hero
There's a war (There's a war)
And the hero on the mail

Respectable war
Disposable hero, hero
There's a war
And the hero on the mail

Respectable war
Disposable hero, hero
There's a war
And the hero on the mail
Respectable war
Disposable hero
There's a war
And the hero on the mail

Respectable war
Disposable hero, hero
There's a war (There's a war)
And the hero on the mail

Respectable war
Disposable hero
There's a war
And the hero on the mail