[Intro – whispered / distorted] How many more? How many names? How many children Have to carry the blame? [Verse 1 – restrained, rhythmic] Another headline, another flame, Another battlefield, another name. Another promise that we're keeping safe, While somebody's dying in another place. We draw the lines, We pick the sides, We feed the fear, Then watch it rise. And every time somebody asks, “Why?” There's another empty chair tonight. [Pre-Chorus – building] We're not the ones who started this, But we're the ones who have to live with it. So tell me now, before we lose control— Is there another way? [Chorus – huge, melodic] Let's have a little conversation, OH-OH-OH! About the way of the world, And the youth of the nations. OH-OH-OH! Nothing more than a little tribulation. Sit down at the tables, Talk about peace! Forget the wars— Let the fighting cease! [Verse 2 – harder / aggressive] You call it victory— I call it grief. You call it justice— Who pays the fee? Generals talk while the young ones bleed, Politicians promise what they'll never keep. Different colours, different flags, Same damn fear when the missiles flash. And somewhere tonight a mother waits, Staring through a window at an empty gate. [Pre-Chorus – shouted] Before another city falls! Before another soldier calls! Before another generation Learns to hate— STOP! WAIT! [Chorus – explosive] LET'S HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION! OH-OH-OH! About the way of the world, And the youth of the nations! OH-OH-OH! Nothing more than a little tribulation! SIT DOWN AT THE TABLES! TALK ABOUT PEACE! FORGET THE WARS! LET THE FIGHTING CEASE! [Bridge – stripped back] What if we listened? What if we tried? What if the answer Wasn't choosing a side? What if the strongest Wasn't the one with the gun? What if tomorrow Could belong to everyone? [Breakdown – shouted] No more! No more! No more children in the crossfire! No more! No more! No more feeding the fire! [Final Chorus – full band / choir] LET'S HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION! OH-OH-OH! About the way of the world, And the youth of the nations! OH-OH-OH! Nothing more than a little tribulation— WE CAN CHANGE IT! WE CAN BREAK IT! Sit down at the tables, Talk about peace! Forget the wars, Let the fighting cease! LET'S HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION! OH-OH-OH! For every generation, For every nation! OH-OH-OH! Put down the weapons, Put down the hate, Open the door— BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! [Outro – fading chant] Talk about peace... Oh-oh-oh... Forget the wars... Oh-oh-oh... Talk about peace... Oh-oh-oh... Let the fighting cease.
