I don't believe the things I'm seein'
  I've been wonderin' '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 soon as there's business first
  
  Toe to toe, touch and go
  Give a cheer and get your own souvenir
  
  Well you know the 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, gotta knock em dead
  So pack your kit, choose your own hypocrite
  
  You don't have to go to off-Broadway
  To see something plain absurd
  Everybody's crying mercy
  When they don't know the meaning of the word
  
  Nobody knows the meaning of the word