Shame

I saw it when the war began

In the days of shock and awe

All wrapped up in Old Glory

In a way that rubbed me raw

In the gleaming eyes of dogs of war

Who live just for the fight

They profit from the loss of lives

And somehow sleep at night

It’s the darkest side of mankind

Spawned from the devil’s seed

Nurtured by a thirst for blood

And never-ending greed

They don’t care who wins or loses

They just live to play the game

Counting money with the corpses

It’s a crying fucking shame

I saw it in New Orleans

When the winds and rain came in

An indifference to others

Our leaders’ mortal sin

You better not be black or poor

Or man, you’re on your own

There’s a reaper’s harvest coming

For the seeds of shame we’ve sown

It’s the darkest side of mankind

Spawned from the devil’s seed

Nurtured by a thirst for blood

And never-ending greed

They don’t care who wins or loses

They just live to play the game

Counting money with the corpses

It’s a crying fucking shame

I see it on the Gaza strip

In the land where Jesus trod

Mothers and their children dying

In the name of God

Who are God’s chosen people

And what would Jesus do

If he saw the pain and suffering

This nightmare coming true

It’s the darkest side of mankind

Spawned from the devil’s seed

Nurtured by a thirst for blood

And never-ending greed

They don’t care who wins or loses

They just live to play the game

Counting money with the corpses

It’s a crying fucking shame

I see in the bigotry

That lives in my home state

They hide behind a battle cry

Of heritage not hate

But the stars and bars still fly

Here in the place that I call home

And they’re selling in the market

Where the ghosts of slaves still roam

It’s the darkest side of mankind

Spawned from the devil’s seed

Nurtured by a thirst for blood

And never-ending greed

They don’t care who wins or loses

They just live to play the game

Counting money with the corpses

It’s a crying fucking shame