Story Behind The Song
hopelessness, despair and disgust at the idea that a war now comes with an advertising slogan: "shock & awe"
(sadly, it rhymes with "blood & gore"
Song Description
the "war on terror", the war in iraq
men & their guns, boys and their toys
everyone's crying, everyone's dying,
everyones lying
| Song Length |
4:16 |
Genre |
Country - Rock, Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Very Slow (Under 70) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Depressing |
Subject |
War |
| Similar Artists |
Neil Young, Lucinda Williams |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Men & their guns, boys & their toys,
Dropping big bombs, making big noise,
Shock & awe, blood & gore,
Shock & awe, blood & gore,
Cluster Donny, Chemical Ali,
Planes in New York, bombs in Bali,
Shock & awe, blood & gore,
Shock & awe, more & more blood & gore.
George & Johnny, Tony & Tommy,
Osama & Saddam, who is the madman?
Men & their guns, boys & their toys,
Dropping big bombs, making big noise,
Shock & awe, blood & gore,
Shock & awe, more & more blood & gore,
Shock & awe
Shocks me to the core
What's it for?
It's just another war.
They're bombing the funerals, bombing the weddings,
Sunk in the quagmire of loathing & dreading,
Shock & awe, blood & gore,
Shock & awe, more & more blood & gore
What's it for?
Shock & awe
Shocks me to the core
What's it for?
It's just another war
Kids with no arms,
Men with no shoes,
Eevrythings's burning,
Nothing's to lose,
Everyon'es crying,
Eevryone's dying,
Everyone's lying.