I can't believe the things I've seen
  I wonder bout some things I've heard
  Everybody's crying mercy
  When they don't know the meaning of the word
  A bad enough situation
  Is sure enough getting worse
  Everybody's crying justice
  Just as long as there's business first
  Toe to toe
  Touch and go
  Give a cheer
  Get your souvenier
  
  People running round in circles
  Don't know what they're headed for
  Everybody's crying peace on Earth
  Just as soon as we win this war
  
  Straight ahead
  Knock em dead
  Pack your kid
  Choose your hypocrite
  
  Well you don't have to go to off broadway
  To see something played absurd
  Everybody's crying mercy
  When they don't know the meaning of the word
  
  Nobody knows the meaning of the word
  When they don't know the meaning of the word
  Nobody knows the meaning of the word
  Nobody knows the meaning of the word