Somebody's gonna wave a flag
Somebody's going to attack.
Someone will tell you to take a side
Tell you their version of wrong or right.
Somebody's gonna let you in
Judged on the color of your skin.
Slam a door in the face of your friend
Simply because you don't look like him.

And then you gotta find a way that you're walkin'.
Everybody's walkin'.
You gotta find the words to say when you're talkin'.
Everybody's talkin'.

So I built the wars into a song
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.
And even if some notes are wrong
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.

'Cause just one voice is not enough
I need to hear from everyone.
And even when I'm dead and gone
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.

Somebody's gonna build a wall
Then smash it with a cannon ball.
Someone who somehow has got a gun
Will tell you who you can't and you can love.
Some people keeping all the cash
They're gonna get away with that.
Just 'cause some people don't think like me
Does that really make them the enemy?

And then you gotta find a way that you're walkin'.
Everybody's walkin'.
You gotta find the words to say when you're talkin'.
Everybody's talkin'.

So I built the wars into a song
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.
And even if some notes are wrong
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.

'Cause just one voice is not enough
I need to hear from everyone.
And even when I'm dead and gone
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.

Make a noise
I can hear you now.
Won't you raise your voice
Just a little louder.
Make a noise
I can hear you now.
Won't you raise your voice
Just a little louder.

So I built the wars into a song
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.
And even if some notes are wrong
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.

'Cause just one voice is not enough
I need to hear from everyone.
And even when I'm dead and gone
I'm hopin' someone's singing along.