A Year in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:16 am
Generals practice politics with texts by Von Clausewitz/
War college graduates, I'm just a small pawn in their mix/
Drill Sergeants are order barking turning farm boys into marksmen/
Hearts are hardened til fifty cals are locked in on the targets/
The chicken hawk civilians sit at home screaming for blood-spilling/
Defense contractors willing to fill their coffers up with millions/
I've seen the Middle East from Nasiriyah to Samara/
Sorry mama but I'm no longer believing in tomorrow/
You think I can stop a Sunni Shi'ite revolution?/
When we can't even manage to enforce our constitution/
My ranks are swelled with inner-city blacks who ran track/
Poor white trash filling caskets while King George just laughs/
I made it back with a disability to match my college degree/
Used to run the five mile dash now my legs stop at the knee/
My heart is cold as titanium tipped with depleted uranium/
I'd pray for Jesus to save them but it's hard for an atheist/
War college graduates, I'm just a small pawn in their mix/
Drill Sergeants are order barking turning farm boys into marksmen/
Hearts are hardened til fifty cals are locked in on the targets/
The chicken hawk civilians sit at home screaming for blood-spilling/
Defense contractors willing to fill their coffers up with millions/
I've seen the Middle East from Nasiriyah to Samara/
Sorry mama but I'm no longer believing in tomorrow/
You think I can stop a Sunni Shi'ite revolution?/
When we can't even manage to enforce our constitution/
My ranks are swelled with inner-city blacks who ran track/
Poor white trash filling caskets while King George just laughs/
I made it back with a disability to match my college degree/
Used to run the five mile dash now my legs stop at the knee/
My heart is cold as titanium tipped with depleted uranium/
I'd pray for Jesus to save them but it's hard for an atheist/