The lamp that lights the way   Is a light from yesterday   The drum which leads the way    Is a sound from yesterday      The road is filled with shadows   Of a million living leaves   With darkness all around us    And not a friend in sight      We sang a song together   To help us through the night   The song was sung with spirit   But soft, and like a choir      And as the others sang along   Our voices lifted higher      We sang until we reached the bridge   We crossed, then saw the wire   But by the time we stopped the song   The enemy opened fire      Now we ain’t gonna sing that song no more   Ain’t gonna sing that song no more   Just don’t pay to sing no more   ‘Specially when your in a war, a war      Now this time through, we want everybody to listen to the punch line,   Alright, Alright. Alright? Alright!      The song was sung with spirit   But soft and like a choir   But by the time we stopped the song   The enemy opened fire      Now we ain’t gonna sing that song no more   Ain’t gonna sing that song no more   Just don’t pay to sing no more   Specially when your in a war, war