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In reply to the discussion: Question: What's The Most Politically "Uncomfortable" Song You've Heard In Your Lifetime ??? [View all]lunasun
(21,646 posts)14. OOPs= sorry I see not offensive but uncomfotable in thought -Anything about war
The Sweet Bird Of Truth
Lyrics
Flight leader, this is "Combat" your forward end controller
I have three targets for you
Your first target is a blockhouse, target number 11 at the north-east corner of the combat zone, request: Napalm
Rodger, flight leader, the identity of your request is, eh, batch of Napalm on the blockhouse in the north-east corner of the target area
Flight leader, understand, 30 seconds
White flag, this is "Combat", we have you in sight
Roll on to the west, call to confirm you have target area, a'ight
Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia
Six o'clock in the morning and I'm the last person in this plane still awake
Y'know I can almost smell the blood washing against the shores of this land that can't forget it's past
Oh the wind that carries this plane is the wind of change, heaven sent and hell bent
Over the mountain tops we go, just like all the other GI Joe's, adios
This is your captain calling (With an urgent warning), we're above the gulf of Arabia (Our altitude is falling)
And I can't hold her up (There's no time for thinking), all hands on deck (This bird is sinking)
Across the beaches and cranes, rivers and trains, all the money I've made, bodies I've maimed
Time was when I seemed to know, just like any other GI Joe
Should I cry like a baby, or die like a man while all the planets little wars start joining hands?
Oh what a heaven, what a hell, y'know there's nothing could be done in this whole wide world
Arabia
I don't know what's wrong or right, I'm just a regular guy with bottled up insides
I ain't ever been to church or believed in Jesus Christ but I'm praying that gods with you when you die
This is your captain calling (With an urgent warning), we're above the gulf of Arabia (Our altitude is falling)
And I can't hold her up (There's no time for thinking), all hands on deck (This bird is sinking)
Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia
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Question: What's The Most Politically "Uncomfortable" Song You've Heard In Your Lifetime ??? [View all]
WillyT
May 2013
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OOPs= sorry I see not offensive but uncomfotable in thought -Anything about war
lunasun
May 2013
#14
That song kind of weeds out the people who are invested in an overly idealized image of themselves.
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#51
Margaret Thatcher getting hot to a phone call from the US Secretary of War.
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
#36
Glad you liked it. I'm sure there are some who somehow imagine that I don't understand that
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
#59
The song Sinéad O'Connor had to sing after tearing up the pope's photograph?
Generic Other
May 2013
#61