from "When the Band Comes In" (1971)

Little Things (That Keep us Together)

It's on days like these
When your brother falls
You can read it all in the Times:
How a moving car
Stole a movie star--

Little Things that keep us together
While the war's going on.

It's on days like these
When your childhood cries
And you see it all on the news,
Little children starve
Growing tired of born--

Little things that keep us all close and warm
While the war's going on.

Find a place you can hide
And take what you can,
The time will arrive
When you need a friend--
Stop looking at us
We're waving good-bye.

There's a man
Shouting he's with me
When that morning comes
I can't wait to see
Just how high his eagle
On color screens
Is gonna fly
Going to fly--

It's on nights like these
That your neighbor dies
'Cos he put a gun to his head
He was so alone
He had nothing left,
Little things that call for a drink,
That bury a soldier's death.

It's on days like these
When your sister cries
And your brother falls from your hands
Jumbo jets can die
Killing 81
Little things that help us get by the why

Why the war's going on
Why the war's going on
Why the war's going on
why the war's going on
why the war's going on
why the war's going on