War is the new rock 'n' roll  \\
Five LPs and complete control \\
Over every living soul \\
On their knees or in a hole \\
A verse a chorus a middle eight \\
A killer guitar solo break \\
The sound of those superpowerchords \\
That's what we're fighting for \\
War is the new rock 'n' roll \\
Death is the new Number One \\
It's got its name on the kick drum \\
Live at ten on the BBC, CNN and  MTV \\
In our hearts and in the press \\
In the charts and in a mess \\
Death is the new Number One \\
Entertaining bright new stars \\
In fighter planes and armoured cars \\
Deprived of pain by camouflage \\
The soldiers of fame and fortune march \\
Through the eye of a desert storm \\
Into the sky a star is born \\
He crashed his plane Into a hedge \\
He should've been but he wasn't dead \\
For half a dozen days they said \\
He lived on rain and spider's legs\\