Tell Me Why Again (a song for Barack)

A new version of the song I posted two years ago, with new lyrics for the new president, as he announces another escalation of something he promised he would end.

Here are the lyrics:

you said you'd end war
and you got the prize for peace
but you've just made more
serving up hypocrisy

tell me why

you say we must stay
until the soldiers' job is done
but you forgot sir
occupations can't be won

tell me why

talking heads still do the pro-war shillin'
you've taken over shock and awe and killin'
clearly numb to innocent blood spillin'

tell me why

spending trillions
sacrificing brave young kids
treasure wasted
while our country rides the skids

tell me why

by the millions
frightened refugees land far from home
parents missing
sudden orphans walk the streets alone

tell me why

talking heads still do the pro-war shillin'
you've taken over shock and awe and killin'
clearly numb to innocent blood spillin'

tell me why

another small town
another soldier laid to rest
another loved one lost
in another war that makes no sense
he was a husband and a father and a son
fighting for the lies
of the soulless chosen ones

tell me why

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Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• obama
• afghanistan
• strategy
• taliban
• pakistan
• iraq
• iran
• occupation
• anti-war
• music

[bijan84]

Great revision. Like to use this in a video of my photos from todays anti war protest. (with credit and link to your video)

[jperryam]

Thank you, Bijan. Glad that you want to use the song. Send me a private message with your email address and I'll send you the mp3. Thanks again - JP

[discountBush]

You're wrong. Then-Sen. Obama REPEATEDLY, on nationally-televised debates and interviews, stated he would end the war in Iraq, but that he'd INCREASE troop levels in Afghanistan. In fact, this was the position of ALL of the top Democrat candidates for the party's nomination. At the time, this policy was referred to as a, "strategic re-deployment from Iraq, and into Afghanistan."

You can't change history by forgetting facts; but you can mislead people into believing what they WANT to believe.

[discountBush]

No, in fact I would prefer no war EVER, and I truly believe the best policy as regards any adversary, foreign or domestic, is to send emmissarys instead of armies.

But the problem is there are some places that are not safe to go if you are an American, a woman, and intellectual, an atheist, or a homosexual. This would obviously put our emmissarys at grave risk, seeing as how our govt is the biggest employer of women, intellectuals, atheists, and homosexuals.

This is why we arm our emmissarys.

[1212sylvy]

Osama bin Laden is dead but the war will not end. Too many people are making money.

Saddam Hussein was hung but the killing goes on.

[eagler36]

if he simply pulls troops right away we dont want them axis to attck the U.S after we leave. Finally he is taking home our troops. Lets thank bush 4 getting us into such a great postition because iraq has weapons of mass destruction and was responsible for 9/11 of course!

[ValueFreedom]

On Comments" "...even the one's that don't agree. We have to hear each other out". Now that's a man that knows the value of freedom of speech.

[krisboyd999]

he promises USA peace then sends 30,000 more troops over to the war lierr !!

(im from Scotland btw)

Songs brilliant as you said we have to speak out !!

[wingsuitfreak]

Perhaps one day you might consider reading a little piece of paper called the constitution. Or even the declaration of independence. I know it is too much for you to actually learn our history, but you are completely uneducated and seem proud to be ignorant. Even the modern history of last century seems to escape your grasp of knowledge. Yet, despite your ignorance you remain undaunted in your claim of knowledge. Stupidity at your level is really hilarious.

[wingsuitfreak]

Are you saying we are fighting for democracy and freedom for Iraqis? That we are fighting against extremists all around the world? MUSLIM extremists who want to impose sharia law? Did you see the very small hole from a very big plane with a fire that melted the airplane from heat from a fuel based fire and left papers fluttering on a desk right beside it? Did you see your iq results? You failed them.

[n8glenn]

That's funny, your quote is the first time I ever heard obama promise to end the wars. It seems to me that when he was in debates he never took that position, in fact, he chuckled at gravel and kucinich right along with the other patricians when they talked about ending the wars. We had three anti war candidates this last election, three, we were incredibly lucky to have those three men running, we treated them like jokes, and rallied behind obama, why? Because the tv told us to.

[kixdirtsevin]

Obama is a pimp . and no that is not a good thing .