Dead Kennedys - Potshot Heard Round the World lyrics
[Dead Kennedys - Potshot Heard Round the World lyrics]
Hey, yo, we're the United States Marines
We know you've all been killing each
Other for at least 2, 000 years
But we're here now to protect the family
Of Christian heroin warlords most
Friendly to the west
So you knock off this fighting
Or we'll tell mom
Ever notice news is staged
Like TV wrestling shows?
With Reagans and Khaddafis cast as
Cartoon villains and heroes
Or those wildlife documentaries where a
Lion from a zoo
Kills a deer tied down ahead of
Time at the perfect camera angle
When lemmings balk at dying for Disney
They're just hurled off the cliff
We are gathered here today to
Take photos of the president
Pretending to mourn these brave young men
Who came home from Beirut
Gift-wrapped in body bags
A truck bomb blew them to bit's
We knew they were sitting ducks
We sacrificed 'em Aztec style
So we could use their dead meat to
Cook up war fever back home
So make sure you take lots of pictures
And slant your news our way
Just like in Wild Kingdom
We first tied down the prey
We want people boiling for revenge
In their living rooms so we can go play
Shoot-em-up anywhere we choose
And our backers can cash in
Without the public asking questions
We know you've all been killing each
Other for at least 2, 000 years
But we're here now to protect the family
Of Christian heroin warlords most
Friendly to the west
So you knock off this fighting
Or we'll tell mom
Ever notice news is staged
Like TV wrestling shows?
With Reagans and Khaddafis cast as
Cartoon villains and heroes
Or those wildlife documentaries where a
Lion from a zoo
Kills a deer tied down ahead of
Time at the perfect camera angle
When lemmings balk at dying for Disney
They're just hurled off the cliff
We are gathered here today to
Take photos of the president
Pretending to mourn these brave young men
Who came home from Beirut
Gift-wrapped in body bags
A truck bomb blew them to bit's
We knew they were sitting ducks
We sacrificed 'em Aztec style
So we could use their dead meat to
Cook up war fever back home
So make sure you take lots of pictures
And slant your news our way
Just like in Wild Kingdom
We first tied down the prey
We want people boiling for revenge
In their living rooms so we can go play
Shoot-em-up anywhere we choose
And our backers can cash in
Without the public asking questions