What Did You Do in the War?

[Chorus]
Ooo oo oo ooh! What did you do in the war
Did you make more money than ever before
Like never before and nothing before we ever knew

[Verse 1]
The horror forgotten and “never again”
Becomes “I don’t recall, I don’t care to explain”
What’s the point of the toy if you don’t get to play
Well use it or lose it, there’s a million more on the way

[Verse 2]
A line in the sand washed away by the sea
We follow your lead, we follow like sheep
We walk in our sleep but we wake in your dreams
As an easy abundance slides right back to scarcity

[Chorus]
Ooo oo oo ooh! What did you do in the war
Did you make more money than ever before
Like never before and nothing before we ever knew

[Verse 3]
A man came around on a hot afternoon
Pulled his chair up to the bed in my little room
The TV was booming and he stayed for too long
And I wondered if maybe George Orwell had got his dates wrong

[Chorus]
Ooo oo oo ooh! What did you do in the war
Did you make more money than ever before
Like never before and nothing before we ever knew

Ooooh… perpetual war