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The Pied Piper of Crawford
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Song discussing Bush's push to pre-emptively invade Iraq.
peace antiwar political iraq social antibush
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Sheryl writes social and political songs dealing with issues she thinks need addressing.
Sheryl got ambitious to write songs while living in New Zealand, but it wasn't till Bush threatened to invade Iraq that she actually was motivated to get off her duff and produce the Pied Piper of Crawford. Singer/Songwriter Maria Larson was so kind to play guitar for me in it. Then she took on her song The Patriot Call with the kind help of her ex-boyfriend Mark Camann and hre kind friend Charles Peterson. Since then , Sheryl met Talysman (aka urbeatle) on a dating website, and he told her about the online band he was in called The InterrÃbang Cartel. She uploaded one of her song ideas onto the forum there, where Major Zed and ?!Charlie started working with her to make it into a reality. It's really almost as much Major Zeds as hers at this point; he put so much work and creative thought into it. But they are both happy parents of that song. :-)
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
#13,937 today Peak #121
#3,078 in subgenre Peak #17
Author
Sheryl Zettner
Rights
2003
Uploaded
May 13, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.1 MB • 128 kbps • 1:51
Story behind the song
I had been in the San Antonio Peace Coalition, and we were all doing whatever we could to stop the war before it started. I was taking walks at the time to clear my mind, and the song came to me while I was doing that.
Lyrics
The Pied Piper of Crawford Will lead our land to war. The Pied Piper of Crawford, Who's never fought before. We're told it's time that we attack           The "evil" nation of Iraq,               We're all supposed to jump on board           While all our questions are ignored.                                       The Pied Piper of Crawford               May throw us all in jail                 No justice from the Piper:               No counsel, trial, nor bail.             All damage is "collateral."              Our game plan unilateral.                We wave our flags, prepared to fight,    With no regard for wrong or right.                                           Chorus: The Pied Piper of Crawford Is luring us with lies He'll make Hussein a martyr; And a martyr never dies. The propaganda sounds so pure. We're going to make Iraq "secure" With guns and bombs on foreign soil And plots to plunder Arab oil. Chorus: The Pied Piper of Crawford Has played on all our fears. Let's all follow the piper While freedom disappears. We're told we need to use first strike To take out leaders we don't like So politicians wave their flags Till kids come home in body bags Chorus: The Pied Piper of Crawford Will lead our land to war. The Pied Piper of Crawford, Who's never fought before.
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