When The War Came Lyrics - The Crane Wife - Decemberists

With all the grain of Babylon 

To cultivate, to make us strong 

And hidden here behind the walls 

Are shoulders wide and timber on 

'Till the war came 

'Till 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 

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'Till the war came 

'Till the war came 

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 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 

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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 

With all the grain of Babylon 

With all the grain of Babylon