I got the call one summer night   He said you're on tomorrow's flight   My mother cried, my sister too   My father said I'm proud of you, yes I am son      I can't believe it's true, we're going after who   And still I wish that I just knew      What are we fighting for?   When the price we pay is endless war   What are we fighting for?   All we know we need is peace      Though I'm blind to what I see   They tell me there's an enemy   I know I gotta get outta here   Insanity is drawing near, I'm going crazy      Can't take it anymore, I've knocked on heaven's door   No I'm not dying for this war      What are we fighting for?   When the price we pay is endless war   What are we fighting for?   All we know we need is peace      What are we fighting for?   Can't we learn from what we've done before   What are we fighting for?   Yeah, when no one ever wins, in war      A young man returns from war   Where he didn't know, what he was fighting for   The streets remained the same but people changed   The medals on his chest, didn't mean a thing   A tear dropped from the corner of his eye, did he come home?      Now, listen up, my grandpa died on Normandy   My brother is still in Vietnam, he ain't comin' home   I know there's nothing good in war   I know 'cause I've been there before, oh yes, I have      So what am I gonna do, I know this war ain't through   And still I wish that I just knew      What are we fighting for?   When the price we pay is endless war   What are we fighting for?   All we know we need is peace      What are we fighting for?   Can't we learn form what we've done before   What are we fighting for?   When no one ever wins      What are we fighting for?   When the price we pay is endless war   What are we fighting for?   When all we need is peace      What are we fighting for?   Can't we learn form what we've done before   What are we fighting for?   When no one ever wins, in war, in war, in war, in war