When he was just a little boy  
He only had one favorite toy  
And he had nothing on his mind  
He never left anything behind  no  
As he got older  things got worse  
Like he had been born under a curse  
Things started to fall apart  
They went like they were at the start  
No  ohh  
It's like a civil war  growing up  
It's like a civil war  
Don't turn away  
It's something you can't ignore  
Growing up  
It's like a civil war, 
And now that he was in his teens, 
He started to learn live of his means, 
Probably to stay in here and 
They didn't look like disappearin', 
No, ohh, 
It's like a civil war, growing up, 
It's like a civil war, 
Don't turn away, 
It's something you can't ignore, 
Growing up, 
Growing up, it's like a civil war, 
Don't turn away, 
It's something you can't ignore, 
Growing up, it's like a civil war, 
Don't turn away, 
It's something you can't ignore, 
Growing up, it's like a civil war.