They're called and they serve. They don't have the luxury of asking
why...at least
outside of their own heads. Woe to them if they do. If a President
sends his boys off to war,
he better make damn fucking sure it's the last option. Not the first.
It would help if the
President and his team actually knew what "war" meant from the ground
up.
Too late for that.
I'm not an excuse kind of guy
but sometimes it helps just to ask why
I've got this bullseye on my back
just a day in Iraq
My Dad served his country in Nam
front row seat to the fall of Saigon
where his buddies were all blown away
by that last swirling chopper blade
Nineteen appears to be the age
when they need us kids to engage
with enemies far and enemies wide
commies and al qaeda milling outside
they're about to break down our doors
ravage our mothers and dirty our floors
kill 'em before they get too far
then we'll all belly up to the bar
making war making war making war
don't ask me what I'm fighting for
making war
don't ask me what I'm fighting for
making war
Joined the corps right out of school
made up my mind sitting on a barstool
college a dream for guys like me
so used to spitting into the sea
some things stay and some take flight
like the sober man in a barroom fight
dreams are for losers with too much time
for turning nickels into dimes
You think God goes to war well think again
he just covers his ass and wonders when
it'll all be over so he can pretend
that it was our prayers that made it end
I did my praying before I came
and the answer was no so if it's all the same
I'll just take my chances in the ground
I always liked to lay around
making war making war making war
don't ask me what I'm fighting for
making war
don't ask me what I'm fighting for
making war
there's lovers and fighters
and doves on fire
dividers uniters
and muck and mire
there's traitors hanging
from a old church spire
couples banging
on a telephone wire
Got a calendar to x off my days
and a chaplain who gives thanks and praise
for Haagen Dazs and Hershey bars
green zone pizzas and German cars
got a humvee mounted with .50 cal
friendly valium for my pal
I never thought that I'd end up here
things no longer as they appear
making war making war making war
making war making war making war
don't ask me what I'm fighting for
making war
don't ask me what I'm fighting for
making war