We'll come home when the battle's over We'll come home with clothes all drenched in blood This is the life we chose This is how the story goes For those who fight in the third world war Its us against the world today You know could go on forever (forever) Pollute our minds with what they say You gotta run alone but I know it ain't so (aint so) We can have it our own way But we gotta learn to work together (together) I see them capitalizing on other peoples woes I see them on the streets and everywhere I go We'll come home when the battle's over We'll come home with clothes all drenched in blood This is the life we chose This is how the story goes For those who fight in the third world war You try to understand everything we say You try to analyze everything we do Ask me what it is that we're fighting for Its for freedom that we fight the third world war Living in the world today I see that things could be much better (better) But I'm never gonna give up Not gonna lay my head down, no never (never) You live your life for just one day The faceless never remembered (remembered) I see them capitalizing on other peoples woes I see them on the streets and everywhere I go We'll come home when the battle's over We'll come home with clothes all drenched in blood This is the life we chose This is how the story goes For those who fight in the third world war