The War Is Over
1973 · Paramount PAA-0195 · USA
- Artist
- All Of The Above
- Title
- The War Is Over
- Release
- The War Is Over / Hey, Am I Shaking?
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Paramount # PAA-0195
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- A. Wilson
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "The War Is Over" (Paramount Records # PAA-0195) By All of the Above, a Virginia based band, featuring Keith John, Marc Clements, Bill Graves, and Andrew Wilson.1 Song composed by Andrew Wilson, a Vietnam veteran, who wrote after returning to the US.2 When the sound of his dying is in his ear...Sources1keithjohndrums.com↩2kued.org: Andrew wilson interview (archived copy)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US Military & Veteran Songs
The song "The War Is Over" (Paramount Records # PAA-0195) By All of the Above, a Virginia based band, featuring Keith John, Marc Clements, Bill Graves, and Andrew Wilson.1 Song composed by Andrew Wilson, a Vietnam veteran, who wrote after returning to the US.2Sources1keithjohndrums.com↩2kued.org: Andrew wilson interview (archived copy)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: It's over with and done, except for the crying / Those memories cascade and fall like rain / In days and years and months are war have ended / Nothing left to show for them but pain / The war is over, isn't that news I heard him say / The toll has been taken, we payed the price / But who can count the way / We'll all be very happy when the warriors come home / We'll find work for the ones who did not die / Will we think about the last war before we start the next / Or will we let our peace and freedom fly... / Justice don't come easy from the barrel of a gun / War is the simple child of lust and fear / Who can't forgive the man who pulls the trigger / When the sound of his dying is in his ear...
Notes
Paramount PAA-0195 (MB 27068-S), stereo, ℗ 1973, "Promotional Copy - Not for Sale"; "The War Is Over" (A. Wilson), intro :06, time 3:09, end fades, Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP); produced by Bob Sakayama for Allan Prell Productions; Paramount Records, a division of Famous Music Corporation, New York. Paramount company sleeve: "A Gulf + Western Company", New York, N.Y. 10023. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · US Military & Veteran Songs