Friday
Who Will Be Next on the Gallows? Charlie King
This song makes me cry. How does it affect you?
WHO WILL BE NEXT ON THE GALLOWS?
© 2007, CHARLIE KING, PIED ASP MUSIC (BMI)
SADDAM HUSSEIN IS FALLING THROUGH SPACE WITH A PRAYER ON HIS LIPS AND FEAR IN HIS FACE
DEEP IN THE GREEN ZONE THEY SAVOR SWEET RELEASE
IN MORTAL DEFIANCE HE DROPS THROUGH THE AIR WHILE SOLDIERS LIKE PIT BULLS BAITING A BEAR
MAKE HIM BY CONTRAST THE HERO OF THE PIECE
THE WHITE HOUSE CAN CLAIM ONE MORE MISSION COMPLETE IRAQIS IN MICHIGAN DANCE IN THE STREET
SHIITES IN BAGHDAD ARE LYNCHED - EYES FOR AN EYE
THE BODY COUNT SURGES, THE WAR BLUNDERS ON THEY LOOK FOR A LEADER WHO’S RUTHLESS AND STRONG
LIKE THE ONE THEY JUST HUNG, WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION “WHY?”
WHY DO WE NEVER GROW WEARY OF THIS? CONDEMNED BY THE WORLD OR BETRAYED BY A KISS
GUILTY OR INNOCENT, HIT OR MISS AND WHO WILL BE NEXT ON THE GALLOWS?
FROM BUNK BEDS AND CEILING FANS, RAFTERS AND SHELVES COPYCAT CHILDREN ARE HANGING THEMSELVES
AS IF IT’S A GAME. WATCH WHAT THEY DO.
THEY DO WHAT THEY WATCH WITHOUT JUDGMENT OR HOPE THE HEART OF THIS WORLD AT THE END OF ITS ROPE
TWISTING IN CIRCLES, LEARNING THAT IT’S ALL TRUE
WHY DO WE NEVER GROW WEARY OF THIS? CONDEMNED BY THE WORLD OR BETRAYED BY A KISS
GUILTY OR INNOCENT, HIT OR MISS AND WHO WILL BE NEXT ON THE GALLOWS?
IDI AMIN DIED AT HOME IN HIS BED PINOCHET PASSED AWAY OLD AND WELL FED
WHEN FRANCO WAS BURIED A HERO, NIXON SENT FLOWERS.
YEAH, SADDAM IS GUILTY BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE PAID FOR HIS SINS TILL HE STEPPED OUT OF LINE
WE’LL SUPPORT ANY SON OF A BITCH, BUT HE’S GOT TO BE OURS
AND WHEN WILL WE EVER GROW WEARY OF THIS? THE EXTRAVAGANT HAND OR THE MERCILESS FIST
YOU PLAY BY OUR RULES OR YOU CEASE TO EXIST AND WHO WILL BE NEXT ON THE GALLOWS?
QUADAFFI, LOZADA, URIBE MUGABE, KISSINGER, DUVALIER
CHENEY, GONZALES, NEGROPONTE WHO WILL BE NEXT ON THE GALLOWS?