When The War Came

[Chorus]

With all the grain of Babylon

To cultivate, to make us strong

And hidden here behind the walls

Are shoulders wide and timber on

'Til the war came

'Til the war came

A terrible autonomy

Has grafted onto you and me

Our trust put in the government

They told their lies as heaven-sent

'Til the war came

'Til the war came

[Chorus]

And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul

And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball

And they're picking out our eyes by coal and candlelight

When the war came, the war came hard

We mae made our oath to Vavilov

We'd not betray the solanum

The acres of asteraceae

To our own pangs of starvation

When the war came

When the war came

[Chorus]

With all the grain of Babylon

With all the grain of Babylon

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written by COLIN MELOY

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