Political filk: The Ballad of Blackwater USA

[thatcrazycajun]

I trust I don't have to explain this one. Thought I'd write it down before someone beat me to it; it's already turned up as a headline on blogs.

THE BALLAD OF BLACKWATER USA
(Music: "Black Water," The Doobie Brothers)

We've built us an army
That's privately funded;
Out here in Baghdad, no one knows my name.
The Shiites are jumpin',
My twelve-gauge is pumpin'—
Blackwater keeps makin' the most off this game.

Chorus:
Oh, Blackwater, keep on shootin'
(Mesapotamia moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?)
Oh, Blackwater, keep on rollin'
(Who gives a damn 'bout a civvy casualty?)
Oh, Blackwater, keep on workin'
(Mercenary men, won't you keep on fightin' for me?)
Don't let them shine no light;
All the black-budget ops that we're runnin'
Gonna make ev'rything all right.
With us on the payroll
The White House don't worry at all...

Congress complains, I don't care;
Don't make no difference to me—
Just guard those diplos as they head uptown.
We are the troops that pacify this land,
Each square and honky-tonk
And we'll be buying all the weapons that can be found.
Repeat Chorus

Don't wanna hear that we can't tame this land;
Screw Osama—gonna take that cash in hand!
(Cash in hand, baby, take the cash in hand, screw Osama,
Gonna make lots o' money all day long)
Repeat to fade

Parody lyrics ©2007 by Matt G. Leger. Any recording or performance for profit requires prior written consent from all copyright holders. All other uses of lyrics freely permitted so long as this notice is retained unaltered.

Comments

[voiceofkiki.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'd love to hear you sing this. Good job. Perhaps I should post some of the lyrics I've been working on.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

My only problem with it, song-wise, is "Mesopotamia", which has too many syllables to cram in properly. How about "Old Euphrates moon" insetad?

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

I was planning on pronouncing it "Mess-puh-tame-ya," which keeps the lyric euphonious with the original.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

If you like. It still sounds awkward to my ear.