06 October 2005
Government Whore...a song
Spent two years on a foreign shore
Nothin' but a government whore
I sold my body, they stole my mind
Told me, "Boy, now you're mine."
Those two years 'neath the southern cross
Turned out to be my country's loss
Kill commies for Christ, the Chaplain told me
As I prayed on a wounded knee.
Cuz, "Might makes right, can't you see boy?"
It's "Our country tis of thee, boy"
But killin' people to set 'em free...boy,
seemed like fuckin' for virginity.
What do you know when you're only 18
Twelve years of school's the only life you've ever seen
Always taught from government books
Always caught in propaganda's hooks
So I moved to the woods, where I tried to forget
I had to admit I just didn't fit
Now I fight the war most nights in my dreams
I wake myself to the sound of my own screams
But the country didn't learn from our mistake
They still fight war for big money's sake
Now yellow ribbons decorate your stores
And you all have become the government's whores
What do you learn when you watch your televisions?
You're lettin' other people make all your decisions
Your name's on the government's books
And you're all caught in propaganda's hooks...
(Ends with taps)
I wrote that at the beginning of Gulf War I...Bush the elder's... Sad but true still today.
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