What's been done in the name of Jesus
   What's been done in the name of Buddha
   What's been done in the name of Islam
   What's been done in the name of man
   What's been done in the name of liberation
   And in the name of civilization
   And in the name of race
   And in the name of peace!
   everybody
   loves to see
   justice done
   on somebody else
  
   Can you tell me how much bleeding
   It takes to fill a word with meaning
   And how much, how much death
   It takes to gave a slogan breath
   And how much, how much, how much flame
   Gives light to a name
   For the hollow darkness
   In which nations dress?
   everybody
   loves to see
   justice done
   on somebody else
  
   Everybody's seen the things they've seen
   We all have to live with what we've been
   When they say charity begins at home
   They're not just talking about a toilet and a telephone
   Got to search the silence of the soul's wild places
   For a voice that can cross the spaces
   These definitions that we love create --
   These names for heaven, hero, tribe and state
   everybody
   loves to see
   justice done
   on somebody else