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I tried to go clean from protesting but I’m a recidivist
my government behaving with unlimited wickedness
in the interest of peace is how a liar wages war
then clamors for more.
I wish we had elections every day
wave the ballot in the air like a sign when I say
that democracy delivered by the bomb and the gun
is terror elsewhere in the world I’m from
do you cheer for the once-and-for-all of an enemy
whose hand our man don was on in ’83 [click]
but who now exemplifies all evil
that’s what you get for shaking hands with people
who represent the vast and sinister interests of industry
we protect the free trade world, so don’t dare try to stop us
we deliver them bullets and sell them their coffins
and I wish that I could afford the ear of Bush the second
I’d ask is it your favorite philosopher who recommended
invading and exterminating all who defy us,
crying out justice but seeking out triumphs?
wasn’t your christ unbeloved of empires?
one nailed his ass to a post; he expired!
a terrorist, as roman evidence showed
put down like a retard on the death row
in texas, I guess “tough luck,” right George?
ain’t that how every war gets scored?
big gun wins, winner gets a free turn
enemy after enemy burns
are you listening sir? or did your mind drift
to the next country in your axis
to all the cool bomb drops you get to call
delivery fresh from the 4th reich to y’all
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Happy Christmas: War is Over
by John Lennon
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http://www.john-lennon.com/happyxmas.ra
via Information Clearing House
protest records #61 (Volume 7):
Allen Ginsberg – “End Vietnam War”
(live 1976 from Jack Kerouac School
of Disembodied Poetics Archive at Naropa University)
4.18.03
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Eric Bogle’s version (entire song–scroll down)
The Pogues (WAV sample)
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Bomb the World