Casualties of war      Casualties of war as I approach the barricade   Where's the enemy? Who do I invade?   Bullets of Teflon, bulletproof vest rip   Tear ya outta ya frame with a bag full of clips   'Cause I got a family that waits for my return   To get back home is my main concern      I'ma get back to New York in one piece   But I'm bent in the sand that is hot as the city streets   Sky lights up like fireworks blind me   Bullets whistlin' over my head remind me      President Bush said, " Attack"   Flashback to Nam, I might not make it back   Missile hits the area, screams, "Wake me up"   From a war of dreams, heat up the M-16      Basic training, trained for torture   Take no prisoners and I just caught ya   Addicted to murder, send more body bags   They can't identify 'em, leave the name tag   I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor      Casualties of war   Casualties of war   Casualties of war   Casualties of war      Day divides the night and night divides the day   It's all hard work and no play   More than combat, it's far beyond that   'Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack      Area's mapped out, there'll be no stratego   Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go   But what are we here for? Who's on the other side of the wall?   Somebody give the President a call      But I hear warfare scream through the air   Back to the battlegrounds, it's war they declare   A Desert Storm, let's see who reigns supreme   Something like monopoly, a government scheme      Go to the Army, be all you could be   Another dead soldier? Hell no, not me   So I start letting off ammunition in every direction   Allah is my only protection      But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same   And this is Asia from where I came   I'm on the wrong side, so change the target   Shooting at the general and where's the sergeant?      Blame it on John Hardy Hawkins for bringing me to America   Now it's mass hysteria   I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor      Casualties of war   Casualties of war   Casualties of war   Casualties of war      The war is over for now at least   Just because they lost it don't mean it's peace   It's a long way home, it's a lot to think about   Whole generation left in doubt      Innocent families killed in the midst   It'll be more dead people after this   So I'm glad to be alive and walkin'   Half of my platoon came home in coffin      Except the general buried in the Storm   In bits and pieces, no need to look for 'em   I played it slick and got away with it   Rigged it up, so they would think they did it      Now I'm home on reserves and you could bet   When they call, I'm going AWOL   'Cause it ain't no way I'm going back to war   When I don't know who or what I'm fighting for      So I wait for terrorists to attack   Every time a truck backfires, I fire back   I look for shelter when a plane is over me   Remember Pearl Harbor? New York could be over, G      Kamikaze strapped with bombs   No peace in the East, they want revenge for Saddam   Did I hear gunshots or thunder?   No time to wonder, somebody's goin' under      Put on my fatigues and my camouflage   Take control 'cause I'm in charge   When I snapped out of it, it was blood, dead bodies on the floor      Casualties of war   Casualties of war   Casualties of war   Casualties of war