This one pops up in rotation on my playlists ....
"I've known no war
And if I ever do I won't know for sure
Who will be fighting whom
For the soldier's lonely tomb
Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar
I will know no war"
"Townshend felt confident about the song, even stating that he felt it was possibly one of the best tracks the Who ever did.[1]
Parke Puterbaugh of Rolling Stone magazine stated that the song was the key to the album, as he wrote in his 1982 review of It's Hard:
'I've Known No War,' [is] a song that could become an anthem to our generation much the way 'Won't Get Fooled Again' did a decade ago. 'I've Known No War' is one conscientious objector's statement of defiant opposition, tempered by the realities of the present day. To wit, that a nuclear war, despite our best pacifistic inclinations, is in the hands of a few men who will simply decide to push a button, and that the ensuing annihilation will be sudden, certain and eternal."