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Looking For The War

from Believe by Jerry Oliver

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about

One winter night in 2012 after listening to the news on CNN and feeling a little agitated I threw a scarf around my neck, put a hat on my head and took a nice brisk walk and came back with this little tune. After a couple years of road testing it at solo shows I'm convinced it's here to stay and we decided to put it on this album.

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Looking For The War


In the middle of the night

I felt the pull,

In my hat and my scarf

I walked out my door,

With my head and heart

and my breath beneath the moon,

I went looking for the war
I went looking for the war



On the evening news

and in the air,

The papers, coffee shop talk

and more,

No matter what they say

it seems to be over there,

So I went looking for the war

I went looking for the war



I feel distant rumblings in my bones,


Can’t see it anywhere...

but you know 
evil glows in the night somewhere


It’s silent on my street

and everyone you meet

greets you with a smile


War...

It seems to only exist in little boxes for awhile,

But I know it can show up at the door,


Why does it come?

Why does it go?


I went out looking for the war
I went out looking for the war



The night air smells so fresh and clean,

the skyline is serene

In a bunker underground

men of power pace the floor

I can’t see them, I don’t know them

I just read the magazines
I’m out looking for the war

I’m out looking for the war



Veteran selling papers on the street,

hookers sell their soul
Casualties lie, I pass them by

a scene I’ve seen before

I can’t hear them, I can’t help them

just want to let them know

I’ve been looking for the war

I’ve been looking for the war



Explosions flash on the horizon,


You can hear it in the wind
and you know
it’s ripping up your world

I
t’s loud out in the square

and everyone is there

yelling out the score


War...

It seems to live so close to home,
I find it everywhere I roam


Why does it come?

Why does it go?

I went out looking for the war

I went out looking for the war



I see it everywhere I go

It starts with greed and ends in need

I feel it in my dark heart

and I don’t want it anymore

You don’t have to look very far

when you’re looking for the war

Looking for the war

Looking for the war

Looking for the war






(c)2012, Jerry Oliver, ASCAP

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from Believe, released August 4, 2015
Jerry O - american standard telecaster, boss digital delay, cry baby wah, harmonica

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Jerry Oliver Nashville, Tennessee

Jerry Oliver aka Jerpoet tells stories and shares his experience through songs, poems and paintings.

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