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In Big Bend National Park In March 2003, we were appalled to see all those RVers sealed up tight in their rvs amidst all that natural beauty , watchin the war on CNN.

Gordon McLeod: vocal, guitar

Watch The War
Words and Music by Gordon McLeod © 2003, 2004

It was back in March 2003 when one of my buddies said to me,
“Hey man, it’s been way too long for sure,
‘So if you ain’t got nothin’ better to do then grab your honey and a six pak o’ brew ,
“An come on over to my house and watch the war.”
I said “Yeah, that sounds like a plan, bit I thought you were a basketball fan,
“ An that your TV was stuck on ESPN.”
He said’ Aw, I got bored with basketball, now I’m hooked on the Shock and Awe,
“ and now I don’t watch nothin’ but CNN.”

Chorus
Because you might see Saddam with only one arm, you might see Tarik Aziz cut off at the knees,
I’ll get my baby to fry up some fish you know I get good reception on my satellite dish
So come on over to my house and watch the war.

‘Now you might think this is a little bit squirrely , but why don’t you come just a little early,
“About ten-thirty or maybe eleven am.
“That’s when the good bombin’ really starts” he said, “You see Baghdad’s ten hours ahead,
“Besides, we might be up and around by then.”
“At first you might get just a little queasy , but see a few dead bodies it gets pretty easy to watch,
“So man what are you waitin’ for?”
“Besides it ain’t got nothin’ to do with me, I just need Cheap gas for my SUV,
“So come on over to my house and watch the war

Chorus

You know I’m glad we didn’t let those UN inspections interfere with our direction,
What they’dve proved might have been a big obstruction
To the start of our little war games and now we can pu tall the blame
On findin’ those ol’ Weapons of Mass Destruction.
You know I used to think that War was cruel but now I think it’s really cool,
What else can give you that kind of a rush?
It don’t matter much it’s not really right to stage a premature preemptive strike,
Who needs United Nations, we’ve got George Bush!

Chorus

So grab that remote and quit your whinin’ every cloud has a silver linin’,
Don’t forget what we’re fightin’ for,
Cuz if it had’na been for nine-one-one we coulda never had this much fun
So come on over to my house and watch the war.
Firs twe’ll take Iraq then Iran, you know that’s our oil under their sand
And spendin’ billions on war’s always good for the economy.
Yeah America always knows what’s best, we've got to push on, we can’t rest
Until wee force the Middle East into American Democracy.

Chorus (2x)