It's on days like these  When your brother falls  You can read it all in the Times  How a moving car  Stole a movie star  Little Things that keep us together  While the war's going on  It's on days like these  When your childhood cries  And you see it all on the news  Little children starve  Growing tired of born  Little things that keep us all close and warm  While the war's going on  Find a place you can hide  And take what you can  The time will arrive  When you need a friend  Stop looking at us  We're waving good-bye  There's a man  Shouting he's with me  When that morning comes  I can't wait to see  Just how high his eagle  On color screens  Is gonna fly  Going to fly  It's on nights like these  That your neighbor dies  'Cos he put a gun to his head  He was so alone  He had nothing left  Little things that call for a drink  That bury a soldier's death  It's on days like these  When your sister cries  And your brother falls from your hands  Jumbo jets can die  Killing 81  Little things that help us get by the why  Why the war's going on  Why the war's going on  Why the war is going on  why the war is going on  why the war's going on  why the war's going on