Peacetime Orders

Difficult for the family Now you're living in Japan Without our peace broker To sue for long term plans But you found a lasting work Saving that country from its cracks Here in California They're getting upset At the water flowing back I hear rumours of you Your quotations ripple through the news You didn't need to wait long To see your warnings proved Did you? Come on, say it Mmm Well, General MacArthur Had a love for the far east So they made him an emperor Told him to win the peace Yes, we know proclamations Oh fine intentions never Really plugged the leak Ooh-ooh You wouldn't bе first to come and go Leave no mark on thе sea But we still wish in secret dreams That you could feel Feel what he felt Knowing peacetime orders would have been carried out Left without a peace to broker You just scuttled the plans yourself Mmm Tidings of you Written into barrels of waves Rolling into sea With all you tried to save Too late Too late Too late Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh