Paper Ships

	If you go down with this ship
	I will salute you from the shore
	But there's no confidence in my eye, kid;
	There's no winning.
	And don't believe the history
	Cos there's no love song in a war
	Unless love is a booty
	In your best friend.
	And there's a poem in your mouth
	But you won't ever let it out
	Yes, t'is, so make sure t' move out
	To the country.
	But don't you waste your time
	Painting the handle of a gun
	Because your colours will be shown
	When you are fighting.
	And there's a kid my age
	Who died today.
	So take the gold off your gate
	Because property is hate
	If it's their blood on your estates
	If it's their kid that you take
	Now mama, I'm singing
	For your mistakes.

	If you go down with this ship
	I will salute you from the shore
	But there' s no confidence in my eye, kid
	There' s no winning.
	And don' t believe the history
	Cos there' s no love song in a war
	Unless love is a booty
	In your best friend.
	And there' s a poem in your mouth
	But you won' t ever let it out
	Yes, t' is, so make sure t' move out
	To the country.
	But don' t you waste your time
	Painting the handle of a gun
	Because your colours will be shown
	When you are fighting.
	And there' s a kid my age
	Who died today.
	So take the gold off your gate
	Because property is hate
	If it' s their blood on your estates
	If it' s their kid that you take
	Now mama, I' m singing
	For your mistakes.