Phil Monsour sings "The Empires New Clothes" (with photo/video montage)

Trading shares in an endless war
Kids with guns dont know what they are fighting for
The fools are fooled again I think Im losing my sense
I know what I believe this is something else
Twenty miles short of Babylons gates
Smoke and flames and the TV shakes
Its happening again against the will
of ordinary people who say thou shalt not kill
I cant see the empires new clothes
I cant see the empires new clothes
Bright coloured flags draped over body bags
Thousands more unpeople graves
I cant see the empires new clothes
I cant see the empires new clothes
Five long years hiding behind concrete walls
Swimming in the dictators swimming pools
Outside the children play in a burnt out shell
Of an Abrams tank with American letters
Who does count and who is free
For the shiny black slime to lubricate a war machine
I hope theyre satisfied with the mess theyve made
I cant see the empires new clothes
I cant see the empires new clothes
I cant see the empires new clothes
I cant see the empires new clothes
The empires not wearing any new clothes
The empires not wearing any new clothes

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Thanks to all the photo journalists, news agencies and television channels who over the past 60 years who have provided the images to go with this song by Phil Monsour "The Empires New Clothes".

This is a montague of pictures from the ABC, CNN, various Murdoch newspapers,the AAP Reuters and many other networks too many to cite and source.

Most of all credit is due to the resistance of the Vietnamese, Iraqi and Palestinian people and all there supporters across the world. Many lost their lives resisting US, British and Australian imperialism but we hope that their struggle is not in vain.

All queries to Workers BushTelegraph - iancurr@bigpond.com

Editor: Ian Curr 07 3398 5215

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