Released: March 8, 1977
Songwriter: Mick Jones (Foreigner)
Producer: Gary Lyons John Sinclair (Producer)
[Chorus 1]
Never had no need
For any military aid
And I never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack
[Verse 1]
I am the captain of this body of mine
I'll send fear into the enemy lines
On the ground, in the air, or at sea
They're all pointing a finger at me
I'm at war with the world
That's the way it must be
Gonna fight while I can
To put an end to this misery
[Chorus 2]
I'm at war with the world
I'll have to fight to be free
Yes, I'm at war with the world
Nobody's capturing me
[Chorus 1]
Never have no need
For any military aid
Never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack
[Chorus 2]
[Outro]
War with the world
What do they want from me?
War with the world
Why don't they let me be?
Never had no need
For any military aid
And I never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack
[Verse 1]
I am the captain of this body of mine
I'll send fear into the enemy lines
On the ground, in the air, or at sea
They're all pointing a finger at me
I'm at war with the world
That's the way it must be
Gonna fight while I can
To put an end to this misery
[Chorus 2]
I'm at war with the world
I'll have to fight to be free
Yes, I'm at war with the world
Nobody's capturing me
[Chorus 1]
Never have no need
For any military aid
Never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack
[Chorus 2]
[Outro]
War with the world
What do they want from me?
War with the world
Why don't they let me be?
The Definitive Collection
- Waiting for a Girl Like You
- Head Games
- Urgent
- That Was Yesterday
- Lowdown and Dirty
- I Want to Know What Love Is
- Reaction to Action
- Down on Love
- Heart Turns to Stone
- Say You Will
- I Don’t Want to Live Without You
- Just Between You and Me
- Midnight Blue
- Soul Doctor
- Break It Up
- Women
- Cold as Ice
- Juke Box Hero
- Rev on the Red Line
- Double Vision
- Dirty White Boy
- Feels Like the First Time
- Starrider
- Headknocker
- Hot Blooded
- Long, Long Way from Home
- Blue Morning, Blue Day
- At War with the World
- I Have Waited So Long
- Just Wanna Hold
- Foreigner (1977)
- The Definitive Collection (2006)
- Can’t Slow Down (2009)
- I Want to Know What Love Is
- Juke Box Hero
- Waiting for a Girl Like You
- Cold as Ice
- Feels Like the First Time
- Urgent
- Hot Blooded
- Double Vision
- Head Games
- I Don’t Want to Live Without You
- Say You Will
- Dirty White Boy
- That Was Yesterday
- Rev on the Red Line
- Starrider (Live at the Bang Your Head Festival, Balingen, Germany, 2006)
- Not Fade Away
- Love Maker
- Soul Doctor
- Hot Blooded (Live)
- With Heaven on Our Side (radio edit)
- Ready Or Not
- Big Dog
- That’s All Right
- Prisoner of Love