Lyrics
I was laying on the couch, just watchin’ TV, in a sh** ty mood, and outside was freezing.
The man said “Buddy, I’ve got a suggestion, give your Future a kick, no more frustration.
Stop hanging around, I’ve got something smarter, we'll send you to Baghdad to a peacekeeping party.
The White House declared: they are certain that it’s good for the country and for Halliburton.”
Come on, let's go to Baghdad, to clear the sky above,
Return this place to welfare, and bring back peace and tender love,
Sing Glory hallelujah and make them all believe,
that all the oil and missiles will ease this country's grief.
It's so beautiful and inviting, it's thrilling, oh so exciting, a sensation of color and brightness, and it's mixed with an air of lightness.
No job, no chick, so I left without worries, so I took my chance and joined the army.
The sky over Baghdad is smoky and white, my buddies are nervous, ‘cause thousands have died.
The president says, we’re way behind schedule, so we’re shelling the sh** out of a place called Mossul.
My job’s to fight invisible enemies, the usual suspects of military madness.
Now here we are in Baghdad, to clear the sky above,
return this place to welfare, and bring back peace and tender love,
sing glory hallelujah and make them all believe,
that all the oil and missiles, shall ease the country's grief.
It's so beautiful and inviting, it's thrilling, oh so exciting, a sensation of color and brightness, and it's mixed with an air of lightness.
There’s fire and dust, and rotting cadavers, there's torment and death and hopeless prayers.
Times are good for the undertaker, and I'm totally screwed as a lost peacemaker.
We promised peace and well, oh f*** it! Reality’s the impact of a full metal jacket.
Corruption rules and destroys emotions, at night I wake up to the sound of explosions.
Let's get on out of Baghdad, clean up this f*** ing mess,
shut off the raging fire, and stop the bloody lying press!
Insist on right and justice, and wipe out lies and fears,
we don't want back the era of blood and sweat and tears.
It's not beautiful, not inviting, it's awful, yes rather it's frightening! It's a nightmare of drowning in darkness, and it inspires a deadly madness.
