The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53263   Message #919477
Posted By: BanjoRay
27-Mar-03 - 07:35 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: If you're happy and you know... (antiwar)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: If you're happy and you know... (antiwar)
A friend has just sent me an Old Time version
Ray

(+) SHOCK AND AWE
To the tune 'Peg and Awl' (the bracketed + means repeat 'Shock and Awe').
If you cannot find Osama, (+).
If the markets are a drama, (+).
If the terrorists are frisky, Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky, (+).

If we have no allies with us, (+).
If we think that someone's dissed us, (+).
So to hell with the inspections, Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions, (+).

It's pre-emptive non-aggression, (+).
To prevent this mass destruction, (+).
They've got weapons we can't see, Ain't that the proof we need,
If they're not there, they must be, (+).

If you never were elected, (+).
If your mood is quite dejected, (+).
If you think Saddam's gone mad, With the weapons that he had,
And he tried to kill your dad, (+).

If corporate fraud is growin', (+).
If your ties to it are showin', (+).
If your politics are sleazy, And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's getting queasy, (+).

Fall in line and follow orders, (+).
For our might knows not our borders, (+).
To disagree will be treason, Let's make war not love this season,
Even if we have no reason, (+).