I've been waiting for something to happen For a week or a month or a year With the blood in the ink of the headlines And the sound of the crowd in my ear You might ask what it takes to remember When you know that you've seen it before Where a government lies to a people And a country is drifting to war
And there's a shadow on the faces Of the men who send the guns To the wars that are fought in places Where their business interest runs
On the radio talk shows and the T.V. You hear one thing again and again How the U.S.A. stands for freedom And we come to the aid of a friend But who are the ones that we call our friends These governments killing their own? Or the people who finally can't take any more And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone There are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire
There's a shadow on the faces Of the men who fan the flames Of the wars that are fought in places Where we can't even say the names
They sell us the President the same way They sell us our clothes and our cars They sell us every thing from youth to religion The same time they sell us our wars I want to know who the men in the shadows are I want to hear somebody asking them why They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are But they're never the ones to fight or to die And there are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire
April 29, 2023, 04:19 PM
RGRacing
100% Perfect - while sipping my Elderflower G&T - Thanks Sig Forum
April 29, 2023, 04:22 PM
bald1
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Originally posted by RGRacing: 100% Perfect - while sipping my Elderflower G&T - Thanks Sig Forum
Now that my friend is a perfect combination indeed!
And yes Para, thanks for posting that.
Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192
April 29, 2023, 05:07 PM
darthfuster
Apropos. I'm a fix-it guy frustrated that there seems to be no painless remedy.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
April 29, 2023, 05:10 PM
Fredward
Funny how the poet/lyricists are always just a bit ahead of the wave. Great music.
April 29, 2023, 06:44 PM
Mars_Attacks
I hope this is relevant. It's been relevant to me since 1987.
You never said it was a bed of roses But you never said it was a bed of nails You never told me 'bout the rubber hoses Or how unsteady were the justice scales
I need the wild truth
On the street there are a billion people They got no love, they got no hope They got no youth, they got no beauty They're looking backwards through a telescope
They need the wild truth
Whatever happened to the man walking down the street With his hands in his pockets whistling a tune? Science fiction and nostalgia have become the same thing
I don't know how to make any choices anymore I mean Who do I vote for? I get the feeling that as soon as Something appears in the paper it ceases to be true
I have to meet the man who can crack this world of justice Like a safe. Someone with the courage to allow room for Good things to run wild
Into the wild truth
We don't need no voodoo stories From no magic president Who tries to make a dream a fait accompli By using phantoms for his evidence
We need the wild truth
I tell a hundred thousand lies that twist me Into the noise where I hide my sin My shame and scandal pull me down and kiss me I can't live a life that might have been
I need the wild truth
Are we supposed to take all this greed and fear and hatred Seriously? It's like watching dust settle it never changes It's too consistent
Mercy is not consistent it's like the wind It goes where it will. Mercy is comic, and it's the only Thing worth taking seriously
I need the wild truth
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