Ryan Harvey

Over My Dead Body
There's soldiers in my cityOccupying meUsing fear and violence to enforceThe Wolfowitz decreesYes there are, yes there areAnd they're stealing our resourcesAt the barrel of a gunJust like the British didBack in 1921Yes they are, yes they areThey say they're gonna liberate my land...Over my dead bodyWell they picked their local cronyTo bring the bankers inSold the oil and the waterTo Western corporationsYes he did, yes he didWorld Bank/IMFEconomic scamStrangling IraqIn some global power planYes they are, yes they areThey say they're gonna liberate my land...SongtexteOver my dead bodyNow I was once a soldierDrafted by SaddamFighting in an unjust warAgainst the people of IranYes I was, yes I wasAnd so I know just what it's likeTo be stuck on the other sideBut that don't change my rightTo fight for what is mineNo it don't, no it don'tThey say they're gonna liberate my land...Over my dead bodySo when they speak of "liberation"We know just what it meansIt means a puppet a governmentThat gives them gasolineYes it does, yes it doesSo I say it won't come easy'Cause I've still got my gunI grew up in a warBut I won't let my sonNo I won't, no I won'tThey say they're gonna liberate my land...Over my dead body Aus Songtexte Mania