Another Toby Keith crapfest

[lazarus]

Yeah, here we go again. From someone who is most definitely not and has never been an American soldier:

I'm just trying to be a father
Raise a daughter and a son
Be a lover to their mother
Everything to everyone
Up and at 'em, bright and early
I'm all business in my suit
Yeah, I'm dressed up for success
From my head down to my boots

I don't do it for the money
There's bills that I can't pay
I don't do it for the glory
I just do it anyway
Providing for our future's my responsibility
Yeah I'm real good under pressure
Being all that I can be

And I can't call in sick on Mondays
when the weekends been too strong
I just work straight through the holidays
And sometimes all night long
You can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door
Hey, I'm solid, hey I'm steady, hey, I'm true down to the core

And I will always do my duty no matter what the price
I've counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice
Oh, and I don't want to die for you
but if dyin's asked of me
I'll bear that cross with honor
'cause freedom don't come free

I'm an American soldier, an American
beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand
when liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right
I'm out here on the front line
Sleep in peace tonight
American soldier, I'm an American soldier

Yeah, an American soldier, an American
beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand
when liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right
I'm out here on the front line
So Sleep in peace tonight
American soldier, I'm an American
An American, an American soldier

The video is even worse. Lots of shots of families and soldiers looking sad intercut with shots of Toby Keith looking very chickenhawkish.

OTOH, he is 43, so a bit old to be enlisting. And he did a duet with good liberal Willie Nelson, and appeared at Farm Aid. So maybe he's not pure evil. :D

[Momof1]

1. Old News....

Toby... well just let him sit in his creation. How many soldiers died singing his songs.

Thats payment enough I think. His last album was "Shock N Y'all" or something like that.

I think he has a few demons right now.

[lazarus]

2. I hope so

I was just cruising around with the remote, and ran across this execrable video. Ick.

[Skittles]

3. He is an American chickenhawk is what he is

I cannot believe the nerve of these f***ing warmongering cowards.

[testing123]

4. I have a message for Toby Keith

They are short on enlistment's and they need some new men so why don't you join or shut the hell up.

[I thought so.]

5. Why are lyrics posted here.

Whatever they are,I don't care. I know that people get drunk and want to include us in their experience. There are many sites that have them. It doesn't work. But it will go on. That's just my opinion.

[lazarus]

6. what?

:shrug:

[Dogmudgeon]

7. I think Willie has been working on him

He's been making nice about people who don't share his deep and abiding affection for Our Wise And Courageous Leader.

Maybe he doesn't like the shit of patriotic Americans on his perpetually clean boots.

Or perhaps he's just wising up to the fact that Team Bush has been al-Qaeda's willing accomplice in the destruction of America.

Here's an idea: we take up a collection and send him a pair of tickets to see Fahrenheit 911.

--bkl