Uploaded by tikicupcake on Feb 22, 2009
When I first saw that The Manics had written a song about Elian Gonzalez I thought it was a bit... pretentious to be honest. But then I actually heard the song and that shut me up. Hope you enjoy it as well!
These are the lyrics:
Blockades won't win you more votes
A Cuban adjustment act
Offer the world a dream
Dress it up - it's blackmail
Internal matter they say
For 2 million dollars a day
Maybe a future in film
But Cuban boxers still win
Kidnapped to the promised land
The bay of pigs
Or baby Elian
Operation Peter Pan
America - the devils playground
Across the unfair divide
Where black will never meet white
So read my token lips
As if they never exist
You cannot buy a nation
Not even Miami mob
We follow a shining path
That you will never destroy
Kidnapped to the promised land
The bay of pigs
Or baby Elian
Operation Peter Pan
America - the devils playground
You don't just sit in a rocking chair
When you've build a revolution
You don't just sit in a rocking chair
When you've build a revolution
Baby Elian
Baby Elian
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the james dean bradders signing this in 2001 - no probs.
if he sang this in 1991 - WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND ONE WORD!!!
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haha lol at the picture show nice work!
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You don't just sit in a rocking chair.....
When you build a revolution
bennymutant 2 years ago 4
The lyrics in this song are so powerful. Every word tells us a story of where the world is turning. Such an Underrated album. Its a masterpiece
Roscanuck83 1 year ago