Guantanamo
clanky old time song lifted from the midnite special and others starring an unreliable narrator who should be selling snake oil through a megaphone - imagined this as a brass band New Orleans romp and ended up with this.
Guantanamo
We got a secret prison in Guantanamo
It's the kind of secret everybody knows
We've got ourselves an emperor
who doesn't have no clothes
But when your fighting a war there's no way to win
that's just the way it goes
If you wake up early in the morning
why not just go back to bed
There's nothing in the morning papers
better to nurse your hangover instead
We've got a secret prison in Guantanamo
the things that they do there no one wants to know
the rotting corpse of liberty is starting to decompose
But when you're fighting a war there's no way to win
That's just the way it goes
I truly think that things are getting better
eventually I'm sure you will agree
In the meantime why don't you just get a move on
There is really nothing here for you to see
We've got a secret prison in Guantanamo
A president who won't admit he used to do some blow
We've got this dirty little secret that everybody knows
Yeah we're fighting a war there's no way to win
another one of those
Why do people get worked up and worried
Maybe they have got something to hide?
I've heard they're selling pot to all the neighbors
It's a slippery slope let's just enjoy the ride
We've got a secret prison in Guantanamo,
Guantanamo, Guantanamo
It might be time for you to visit
there's room for more, you know
when you're fighting a war there's no reason to win
That's just the way it goes
All images, text and music ©ryan purcell/hoedad music - 2008
