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Sixteen Words

More than 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin said those who would give up essential liberty
To obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither safety nor liberty.


Sixteen Words
And we’re bombing Iraq
We’re sending kids over
And they’re not coming back
Sixteen lies and it seems to me
We’re selling our souls for Security

Saying what you think is an American right
We may scream, argue, yell, fuss and fight
Say what you think and think what you may
The Founding Father had it figured that way

Chorus

First we send in the fleet
and the special ops boys
Dropping yellow bombs
Could be food–could be toys
Kill off the army and tear down the art
Then get Brown & Root to pump out their heart

Sixteen Words and there’s no turning back
Dubya won’t admit it but we’re on the wrong track
Sixteen lies to make it seem true
You better get them before they get you.

Tom rap

Rummy Don’t like it when we speak our mind
Making big decisions should be left to his kind
Rummy and Dummy and Cheney and Perle
Wanna plant the flag on the whole damn world

Chorus.