Re: American Fight Songs, by Charles Carreon
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:24 am
FOUR STARS, by Charles Carreon
In an hour of darkness
In an hour of grief
When we look to the news
And find no relief
A clown in the White House
Rules a vampire ball
Where the blood flows freely
Right through the halls
A front man is needed
For the main freak show
So out to the barracks
They presently go
They find a pliable man
With shoulders like stone
Who says what he means
And does what he’s told
And he’s got FOUR STARS
That General Petraeus
He’s got FOUR STARS
That’s four more than you
He’s got FOUR STARS
That’s enough to betray us
He’s got FOUR STARS
So what you gonna do?
When the refugees are in millions
And the prison’s filled with innocents
When car bombs detonate routinely
Still criticism’s unseemly
When a man with a multi-colored map
Sits down and tells you where it’s at
And answers every question
In just the perfect way
You gotta say
That’s why he’s got
FOUR STARS
Good ole General Petraeus
He’s got FOUR STARS
What’s that mean to you?
He’s got FOUR STARS
That’s enough to betray us
He’s got FOUR STARS
Just enough to pull us through
When history judges men
It does so with a mighty pen
A name may be forgotten
Or forever engraved in stone
For villainy, for virtue
For loyalty or treason,
For General Petraeus
They won’t have to find a reason
They’ll say he had
FOUR STARS
That he used to betray us
FOUR STARS
And a shell game on the news
FOUR STARS
Yeah that General Petraeus
He has FOUR STARS
That’s four more than you
In an hour of darkness
In an hour of grief
When we look to the news
And find no relief
A clown in the White House
Rules a vampire ball
Where the blood flows freely
Right through the halls
A front man is needed
For the main freak show
So out to the barracks
They presently go
They find a pliable man
With shoulders like stone
Who says what he means
And does what he’s told
And he’s got FOUR STARS
That General Petraeus
He’s got FOUR STARS
That’s four more than you
He’s got FOUR STARS
That’s enough to betray us
He’s got FOUR STARS
So what you gonna do?
When the refugees are in millions
And the prison’s filled with innocents
When car bombs detonate routinely
Still criticism’s unseemly
When a man with a multi-colored map
Sits down and tells you where it’s at
And answers every question
In just the perfect way
You gotta say
That’s why he’s got
FOUR STARS
Good ole General Petraeus
He’s got FOUR STARS
What’s that mean to you?
He’s got FOUR STARS
That’s enough to betray us
He’s got FOUR STARS
Just enough to pull us through
When history judges men
It does so with a mighty pen
A name may be forgotten
Or forever engraved in stone
For villainy, for virtue
For loyalty or treason,
For General Petraeus
They won’t have to find a reason
They’ll say he had
FOUR STARS
That he used to betray us
FOUR STARS
And a shell game on the news
FOUR STARS
Yeah that General Petraeus
He has FOUR STARS
That’s four more than you