When the Bells Toll

When the bells toll to warn of coming warfare,

They will have saved us yet sounded their last holy act,

Sacrificed for another ware to safeguard our welfare.

Churches will at first resist their instruments smelted into cannon fare,

But they will soon see the consequences of cold windswept fact,

When the bells toll to warn of coming warfare.

There’s a time for peace, and a time for war, when enemies plan to ensnare,

Pieces on the board come apart but Queens step up to counteract,

Sacrificed for another ware to safeguard our welfare.

For conflict is the last diplomatic act in a line of political moves to spare,

So we’re not afraid to bring out the hardware, Heckler & Koch compact,

When the bells toll to warn of coming warfare.

Young men left their homelands for the first time under fanfare,

Smiling, hoping to return by Christmas, as indicated on the contract,

Sacrificed for another ware to safeguard our welfare.

War continued, but some returned on Christmas day in caskets, bodied rare,

Others returned at end physically no worse for wear, but minds not intact,

When the bells toll to warn of coming warfare,

Sacrificed for another ware to safeguard our welfare.