Life During Wartime

[Verse 1]
Heard of a van loaded with weapons
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites down by the highway
A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto
I've lived all over this town

[Chorus]
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing or lovey-dovey
I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 2]
Transmit your message to my receiver
Hope for an answer some day
Got three passports and a couple of visas
Don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, trucks are loaded
Everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime and I work in the nighttime
I might not ever get home

[Chorus]
This ain't no party and this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
I'd love to hold you, I'd love to kiss you
I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 3]
Trouble in transit, go through the roadblock
We'll blend right in with the crowd
We got computers and we are tapping phone lines
We know that that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle so many times now
I don't know what I look like

[Chorus]
This ain't no party and this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
I'd love to hold you and I'd love to kiss you
And I'd lovey-dovey but I ain't got time
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones
I ain't got no records 'cause I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 4]
Heard about Houston, heard about Detroit
Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A. 
You oughta know not to stand by that window
Somebody might see you up there
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
We make a pretty good team
You look exhausted, I'll do the driving
You ought to get you some sleep

[Verse 5]
Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
You think you're gonna be different this time
I can't write a letter, can't write a postcard
I can't write nothing at all
Burn all your notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help you survive
Is your chest aching? Does it burn like a furnace?
'Cause my chest is aching and it burns like a furnace
The burning keeps me
The burning keeps me
The burning keeps me alive
Alive

[Outro]
I'm getting used to it now
Now