Daddy's in the hallway   Hanging pictures on the wall   Mama's in the kitchen   Making casseroles for all   My brother came home yesterday   From somewhere far away   He doesn't look like I remember   He just stares off into space   He must've seen some ugly things   He just can't seem to say      God bless this mess   God bless this mess      Got a job in town   Selling insurance on the phone   With Robert and Teresa   And two con men from back home   Everyone I call up doesn't have the time to chat   Everybody is so busy doing this and doing that   Something has gone missing   And it makes me kinda sad, oh      God bless this mess   God bless this mess   God bless this mess      Heard about the day   That two skyscrapers came down   Firemen, policemen   And people came from all around   The smoke covered the city   And the body count arise   The president spoke words of comfort   With tears in his eyes   Then he led us as a nation   Into a war all based on lies, oh      God bless this mess   God bless this mess   God bless this mess   God bless this mess