I was a mess in my open eyed youth   I grew up thinking   What's good for one, oppresses the other   It's my turn, my life, my way, mine, me   It made me crazy   I couldn't fight it   I couldn't wait to get away      It's a war   With the whole wide world   It's a war   With the boys and girls   It's a war   And nothin's gonna change   And nothin's gonna change      It's sister and brother, mother and daughter   Father, son, husband, wife, thing   It's drugs, it's hunger   It's race, sex and government   Anyway you look at it, you're part of it, you know it   The wrong inside you, can't get it right   You might as well get on the train      It's a war   With the whole wide world   It's a war   With the boys and girls   It's a war   And nothin's gonna change   And nothin's gonna change      The screen is so white and it's so big   It's hard to get over the feeling, you're losing your mind   You offer the usher your ticket   You open the soda, see what guy you're sitting behind   You get excited, the lights go down   You get it fed on a plate      It's a war   With the whole wide world   It's a war   With the boys and girls   It's a war   And nothin's gonna change   And nothin's gonna change      It's a war   All the give and take   It's a war   All the love and hate   It's a war   And nothin's gonna change   And nothin's gonna change   And nothin's gonna change      Nothin's gonna change   Nothin's gonna change   Nothin's gonna change   ...