Gulf War Song

[juldea]

We got a call to write a song about the war in the gulf
But we shouldn't hurt anyone's feelings
So we tried, then gave up, 'cause there was no such song
But the trying was very revealing

What makes a person so poisonous righteous
That they think less of anyone who just disagrees?

She's just a pacifist, he's just a patriot
If I said you were crazy, would you have to fight me?

Fighters for liberty, fighters for power
Fighters for longer turns in the shower
Don't tell me I can't fight 'cause I'll punch out your lights
And history seems to agree that I would fight you for me...

So we read and we watched all the specially selected news
And we learned so much more about the good guys
"Won't you stand by the flag?" was the question unasked
"Won't you join in and fight with the allies?"

What could we say? We're only twenty-five years old
With twenty-five sweet summers, and hot fires in the cold
This kind of life makes that violence unthinkable
We'd like to play hockey, have kids and grow old...

Fighters for Texaco, fighters for power
Fighters for longer turns in the shower
Don't tell me I can't fight, 'cause I'll punch out your lights
And history seems to agree that I would fight you for me
That us would fight them for we

He's just a peacenik and she's just a warhawk
That's where the beach was, that's where the sea
What could we say? We're only twenty-five years old
And history seems to agree that I would fight you for me
That us would fight them for we

Is that how it always will be?