We'll come home when the battle's over   We'll come home with clothes all drenched in blood   This is the life we chose   This is how the story goes   For those who fight in the 3rd world war      It's us against the world today   You know, could go on forever   (Forever)   Pollute our minds with what they say   You gotta run alone but I know it ain't so   (Ain't so)   We can have it our own way   But we gotta learn to work together   (Together)      I see them capitalizing on other peoples woes   I see them on the streets and everywhere I go      We'll come home when the battle's over   We'll come home with clothes all drenched in blood   This is the life we chose   This is how the story goes   For those who fight in the 3rd world war      You try to understand everything we say   You try to analyze everything we do   Ask me what it is that we're fighting for   It's for freedom that we fight the 3rd world war      Living in the world today   I see that things could be much better   (Better)   But I'm never gonna give up   Not gonna lay my head down, no never   (Never)   You live your life for just one day   The faceless never remembered   (Remembered)      I see them capitalizing on other people's woes   I see them on the streets and everywhere I go      We'll come home when the battle's over   We'll come home with clothes all drenched in blood   This is the life we chose   This is how the story goes   For those who fight in the 3rd world war