Bruce Cockburn - This Is Baghdad lyrics
[Bruce Cockburn - This Is Baghdad lyrics]
Everything's broken in the birthplace of law
As Generation Two tries on his tragic flaw
America's might under desert sun
I saw her frightened eyes behind
The muzzle of her gun
Uranium dust and the smell of decay
Sewage in the street where the
Kids run and play
Not enough morphine and not enough gauze
Firefight in darkness like snapping of jaws
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad
You couldn't see the blast
The morning was bright
But some radiant energy flared
Up into the light
Like the sky throwing it's hands
Up in horrified dismay
Or the souls of the dead as
They sped on their way
Carbombed and carjacked and
Kidnapped and shot
How do you like it, this freedom we brought?
We packed all the ordnance but
The thing we forgot
Was a plan in case it didn't
Turn out quite like we thought
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad
As Generation Two tries on his tragic flaw
America's might under desert sun
I saw her frightened eyes behind
The muzzle of her gun
Uranium dust and the smell of decay
Sewage in the street where the
Kids run and play
Not enough morphine and not enough gauze
Firefight in darkness like snapping of jaws
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad
You couldn't see the blast
The morning was bright
But some radiant energy flared
Up into the light
Like the sky throwing it's hands
Up in horrified dismay
Or the souls of the dead as
They sped on their way
Carbombed and carjacked and
Kidnapped and shot
How do you like it, this freedom we brought?
We packed all the ordnance but
The thing we forgot
Was a plan in case it didn't
Turn out quite like we thought
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad this is Baghdad
This is Baghdad