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Some folks are born, made to wave the flag
Ooo, their red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
Ooo, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no
Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, y'all
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no
Yeah, yeah
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!", y'all
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no, no, no
Ooo, their red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
Ooo, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no
Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, y'all
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no
Yeah, yeah
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!", y'all
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no, no, no
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Fogerty wrote the song once the national media dug up the story. Unfortunately, the lyrics still hold true today. People hide their income overseas to avoid paying taxes and politicians children are prohibited from being drafted (yes, it is a law that the son of any federal politician cannot be drafted). There is nothing un-American about this song. The reason people on the right or following blindly Republicans hate such songs is simply because it presents facts to them. It proves if you allow corporations, people, anybody to regulate themselves, they will abuse the system to benefit only themselves while the rest of us try to "play by the rules" and fail.
And addressing Pentin's response, wanting our troops to live is not anti-America, if anything it's pro-American. It's simple to me.
Wars happen because bad people will always start them, and it's up to the good people, in this instance Americans to end those wars, and the only way to end a war is to fight it. I do believe though that the Vietnam war was a poorly fought war on our part, but it was deemed a necessary war, so our troops fought it.
The war on terror. The reason we fight overseas is so that 'bad' men, in this case terrorists will be defeated there.
I terrorist WILL terrorize. If we do not fight them there, they WILL fight us here.
So it's our choice stand up for what you believe, and maybe even die to protect your loved ones. Or abandon your loved ones to death, and lay down to die.
War is a terrible thing, but it will always exist because there will ALWAYS be 'bad' people to start them, and it's good peoples' duty to combat them in order to protect those we love.
While there is no draft, you rarely (if ever) see one of the wealthiest 1% or the ruling class' children (Senator, President, etc) being sent to battle.
Rest assured, the current conflicts in the Middle East are benefiting the richest Americans while allowing the poorer (ie. middle class and below) to be killed.
1.Most US troops are currently deployed to the "oil rich" region of the world
2.The wealthiest of Americans own the companies that supply the troops with food, water, arms, ammunition, tanks, airplanes, etc...
Think Haliburton / Cheney.
It's nothing new though, the Upper Class has always used the lower classes to do their bidding.
God bless all the entire world (including Brazil).
I love/hate this song. It rocks, but it's so anti-American it makes me sick. I like to change the words when I belt it out. I'll never underdstand why it's so "cool" for artists to hate America. The system they hate so much is the same one that allowed them the freedom to speak against it as loudly as they want, and become rich doing it.
God bless America. Love it or leave it dipshits.
Sorry for dont agree with your opinion.
Regards from Brazil
And addressing Pentin's response, wanting our troops to live is not anti-America, if anything it's pro-American. It's simple to me.
Wars happen because bad people will always start them, and it's up to the good people, in this instance Americans to end those wars, and the only way to end a war is to fight it. I do believe though that the Vietnam war was a poorly fought war on our part, but it was deemed a necessary war, so our troops fought it.
The war on terror. The reason we fight overseas is so that 'bad' men, in this case terrorists will be defeated there.
I terrorist WILL terrorize. If we do not fight them there, they WILL fight us here.
So it's our choice stand up for what you believe, and maybe even die to protect your loved ones. Or abandon your loved ones to death, and lay down to die.
War is a terrible thing, but it will always exist because there will ALWAYS be 'bad' people to start them, and it's good peoples' duty to combat them in order to protect those we love.
Are the filmmakers lying?