although i couldn t afford it i bought a beat up guitar i worked til four in the mornin in a broken down bar this is why we fight this is why we fight i know we re all out of money don t let the billionaires win we ain t got much but we re hungry it s burning under our skin this is why we fight this is why we fight oh come on darlin there s a war on our tv but it s all right in our bedrooms we are free deep in the guts of me i love you violently until the dawn s early light this is why we fight this is why we fight come put your hand on my heartbeat there is a marching band in me it sings a national anthem for an island in the sea where everybody s somebody where everybodys gone free this is why we fight  now every morning when i wake up i put another bullet in my coffee cup oh come on darlin there s a war on our tv but it s all right in our bedrooms we are free deep in the guts of me i love you violently until the dawn s early light this is why we fight this is why we fight this is why we fight this is why we fight