The Airport Road went straight to Hell
the day that mighty Baghdad fell
Sand and shrapnel raining down
as the Coalition went to town
Saddam holed up in a desert cave
while soldiers drink at a compound rave
Blood money stashed, a pile of loot
if it bloody moves, then bloody shoot
Several million refugees
they bring the country to its knees
A hundred kids dead in one day
but the US swears its the only way
The mountain shepherds take up arms
try to protect their meagre farms
No Taliban were ever here
now all that grows is smack and fear
A US tank hits an IED
that’s something no one wants to see
A soldier killed by friendly fire
so the rebels sell his guns for hire
The UN tries to set up base
but the border’s closed to help the chase
Is he in a rat hole or palace den?
They’ve lived in caves since don’t know when
They find Saddam deep underground
but the Taliban are still around
Can’t leave yet Sir, we’re not done
now we’ve got Osama on the run!
Baghdad, Iraq, Afghanistan
a shame Bush had no exit plan
So many souls so far from home
don’t speak the language and die alone
The next election’s like a civil war
had never been like this before
Then a black man in the White House chair
his 2IC a maiden fair
Obama says he’ll close The Bay
and make the factories lift their pay
He says no soldier walks alone
but he never says if they’re coming home
More tracer fire in the desert sky
a thousand more civilians die
Another speech in a steely tone
but he never says he’ll bring them home
The world slides into GFC
the bailout list you had to see
While flag draped coffins are named in stone
seems the only way to bring them home.
Wow Suzanne, well written, very touching.
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