Every life that's thrown away And every drop of blood Spilled between opposing sides And trampled in the mud Innocence gets crushed beneath The anger and desire And everything that's pure and good Gets caught in the crossfire Love has got to grow or die Flowers on the battlefield Can anything out there stay alive? Flowers on the battlefield Can love survive? In wartime every color bleeds There is no law but might And shades of grey replace what once was Seen as black or white All that's dear will disappear And all that blossomed fade The emptiness of hate will spread Till nothing else remains Love has got to grow or die Flowers on the battlefield Can anything out there stay alive? Flowers on the battlefield Can love survive? Flowers on the battlefield Can anything out there stay alive? Flowers on the battlefield Can love survive? Flowers brave the bullets That are pouring down like rain Raining, raining, raining Love's just got to grow or die Flowers on the battlefield Can anything out there stay alive? Flowers on the battlefield Can love survive? Flowers on the battlefield Can anything out there stay alive? Flowers on the battlefield Can love survive? Oh, can love survive? Hey, can love survive? Yeah, can love survive? Flowers on the battefield