[Verse 1]
Your daddy and my daddy had a drink at the bar
Talking 'bout what was best for me
Without a name or a degree
Stubbornly holding onto you and you pulling away from me

[Verse 2]
The best that they could say
For my restless teenage ways
Was time in the service might serve me well
Even if it's just service in the latrines
Lucy my love, don't go sending me off to war

[Pre-Chorus]
I put up with your family
Full of bigots and fanatics
Just to get a little closer to you
Now you've turned on me too
You have turned on me too
Go hide behind your flag and family
This town has nothing left for me
This town is nothing more
Than a fundamentalist penitentiary

[Chorus]
When you're down on your knees
Are you praying for holy war?
When you're down on your knees
Are you praying for holy war?
Lucy, my love, don't go sending me off to war
[Bridge]
We must live, we must be true
To our childhood dreams
Or they're worthless and our youth is insincere
So where do we find worth?

[Pre-Chorus]
I put up with your family
Full of bigots and fanatics
Just to get a little closer to you
Now you've turned on me too
You have turned on me too

[Chorus]
When you're down on your knees
Are you praying for holy war?
When you're down on your knees
Are you praying for holy war?
Lucy, my love, don't go sending me off to war

[Outro]
We must live, we must be true
To our childhood dreams
Or they're worthless and our youth is insincere
So where do we find worth?