From: "nu-monet v4.0"
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Reply-To: like.excess@sex.org
Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2002
"One Tin Soldier"
Listen children, to a story,
that was written long ago.
About a mountain country,
called Afghanistan,
and how with the USA it came to blows.
In that country, was a treasure,
buried deep beneath the stone, called oil
and the leaders of the USA swore
they'd have it for their very own.
Go ahead and build your pipelines,
go ahead and cheat the poor,
do it in the name of Heaven,
you can justify it at the pumps.
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
when the ozone layer's gone for good.
Though we'll still be fighting Afghans,
When one Tin Soldiers leaves office.
So the leaders of the USA,
sent a message 'round the world,
blaming Afghans for their problems:
"terrorists", for which they'd kill.
Came an answer, from the Afghans,
"We've been at war with every,
other country on the planet,
so we guess that it's your turn,
USA, COME ON DOWN!"
Now the USA, cried with anger,
"Mount your horses, draw your swords,"
and they blew up lots of buildings,
And they killed a lot of rocks.
Now they said, unto the oil companies
"Lay your pipeline, we'll protect it."
The oilmen took one look and said,
"Yeah right. Like I'm gonna get my
ass shot off? Go get knotted."
So go ahead and try to lay your pipeline,
go ahead and try to cheat the poor,
do it in the name of Heaven,
you can justify it in the pumps.
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
when you leave Afghanistan, having
screwed up another land war in Asia,
on the bloody morning after, when
One Tin Soldier leave office.
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