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  Any way 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 your soda, see what guy you're sitting behind    You get excited, the lights go down  You get a > on the plane    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  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  Nothin's gonna change