Story Behind The Song

wrote it after watching a politician all rah-rah abut invading another country with US troops, the frustration of feeling unable to stop what's happening.

Song Description

Sentiments of a citizen who loves his country but doesn't swallow everything that he's fed

Lyrics

Draw the Line
music and lyrics by Ethan Alan Hawke
copyright October 11, 2002

Look at him there
Eyes full of lies and deceivin'.
I ain't gonna fight for somethin' that I don't believe in
and shed my good red blood and leave my loved ones here a-grievin'.
Somewhere you gotta draw the line.

I don't mind sacrificin' when there's a good reason.
And it's true that for everything there is a season.
But to lie, deny and betray your people is the lowest form of high treason.
Somewhere you gotta draw the line.

Bridge:
You gotta draw the line
Somehow make up your mind
Some day you gotta know you oughta draw the line.
Life is full of give and take but some place, some how, some time
Somewhere you gotta draw the line.

Now he's sayin' that he's prayin' for the souls of the people he's killin'.
But it seems that his mouth is so full of bull that its spillin'
He's a twenty first century, Manifest Destiny, God is on our side and we are the good guys, a computerized, digitized, Nero with blue eyes, a hog wild, self styled
globalized Matt Dillon
Somewhere you gotta draw the line.

Now it's wrong to think the voice of God is the voice of the people
And we always lose when we're forced to choose the least of several evils
But these days our flesh is too willing and our spirits too dog-gone feeble
Somewhere you gotta draw the line
Somewhere you gotta draw the line
Somewhere you gotta draw the line

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