Patriot Games
First Posted: 08/07/06Posted by: J MaC
E verybody's a patriot When the blood isn't their own Quick to engineer a war Quick to belittle any differing opinion Quick to bemock the poor Quick with a cautionary tale of fear Whatever it takes The big stick, he doesn't care Have you noticed how Tom, Dick and Harry Collecting huge money Ruining this and that country Making an even bigger travesty Of that vaunted f*ckery The grand illusion called democracy Those avaricious power pimps They lie They steal They strut When they have nothing to lose Everybody jack is a convenient patriot Until... They have something on the line The possibility The backroom general might actually Face some real or imagined combat time The excuses read like a made-up nursery rhyme Anyone but us and portentous family Dies for crown, clown and country It's not "party" specific They all do it Different clothes one taylor The same treacherous hat Everybody's a convenient patriot Loyal to no nation Under this sky There is an ingredient, a far, far-out thing In your freaking apple pie They are turning the grand lady into a shameless slut Everybody is a convenient patriot $@$#!!! Patriot Games © 2007 Ahkenaton
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