From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this war is for.


Bette Middler's version alters the last line of this stanza to "What all this fighting is for." - From a Distance (1985)


From a distance you look like my friend Even though we are at war From a distance I just cannot comprehend What all this war is for.

From a distance you look like my friend Even though we are at war From a distance I just cannot comprehend What all this war is for.

From a distance you look like my friend Even though we are at war From a distance I just cannot comprehend What all this war is for.

From a distance you look like my friend Even though we are at war From a distance I just cannot comprehend What all this war is for.