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(6,008 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)helped me regain perspective.
Here are the songs on that album:
The Revolution Starts (Steve Earle)
Home To Houston (Steve Earle)
Rich Mans War (Steve Earle)
Warrior (Steve Earle)
The Gringo's Tale (Steve Earle)
Condi,Condi (Steve Earle)
Fuck The CC (Steve Earle)
Comin' Around (Steve Earlee)
I Thought You Should Know (Steve Earle)
The Seeker (Steve Earle)
The Revolution Starts Now (Steve Earle)
Rich Mans War
Jimmy joined the army cause he had no place to go
There aint nobody hirin
round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that hed learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now hes got a rifle in his hand
Rollin into Baghdad wonderin how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich mans war
Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and hes still there
Chasin ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich mans war
When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin ourselves were free
Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Aint nothin else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin bout livin in fear all your life makes you hard that way
He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich mans war
F the CC
I used to listen to the radio
And I dont guess theyre listenin to me no more
They talk too much but thats okay
I dont understand a single word they say
Piss and moan about the immigrants
But dont say nothin about the president
A democracy dont work that way
I can say anything I wanna say
So fuck the FCC
Fuck the FBI
Fuck the CIA
Livin in the motherfuckin USA
People tell me that Im paranoid
And I admit Im gettin pretty nervous, boy
It just gets tougher everyday
To sit around and watch it while it slips away
Been called a traitor and a patriot
Call me anything you want to but
Just dont forget your history
Dirty Lenny died so we could all be free