Runnin' as fast as I can
   Can't even see where I am, yeah
   Over the soldiers and the sand
This wasn't part of the plan
      I never see the dawn   Although I know it comes, yeah      If I ever see blue skies in my town
   You know I'll kiss the ground we walk on
   If I ever watch fire flies all around
   Shinin' like the stars above them
   The bullets fly over my head
   Just like the words that you've said, son,
   So put down your guns,   And that's the way the war was won      Over the edge and beyond
   Over the border there's no bombs
   Falling on soldiers and sand
   Holdin' their hearts in their hands
      They never miss the dawn
   And every day it comes, it comes
      If I ever see blue skies in my town
   You know I'll kiss the ground we walk on
   If I ever watch fire flies all around
   Shinin' like the stars above them
   The bullets fly over my head
   Just like the words that you've said, son,
   So put down your guns,
   And that's the way the war was won      If I ever see blue skies in my town
   You know I'll kiss the ground we walk on
   If I ever watch fire flies all around
   Shinin' like the stars above them
   The bullets fly over my head
   As I lie awake in my bed
   I just can't forget what you said, son,
   Let's put down our guns,
   And that's the way the war was won