the government talks about conscription another self-imposed restriction their excuse is no conviction patriotism: it's all fiction chorus: there ain't no patriots here no more who's gonna fight in the third world war? everyone knows it just ain't right don't we get the chance to live or die? they give us hardship all our life and when we refuse they wonder why (chorus) well i won't fight for my country cos the government wouldn't fight for me they can't afford the dole money so they'll put the unemployed in the army (chorus)