Citizen Army

This talk of calling up
It starts to get me down
An opportunity
For men of some renown

They'll take from the front and yet they'll lead from the rear,
It's not for them to volunteer

So load the rifles high,
Keep information low
Drones might fill the sky
And you'll reap what they sow
The best of us are still lacking conviction, 
While intensely they pursue their fiction.
An objection though...
Don't make my children go.

They take from the front and yet they'll lead from the rear,
It's not for them to volunteer,

The best of us are already exhausted from service,
We're pulling apart, don't think the centre can hold this.