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Heated Pool And Bar Lyrics
my cousin is in columbia
hunting down the rebels
over fields of bright and shiny coca
over the jungle floor
one-handing a 32
he says: “bring her down low now, I’m ready to go.”
“I hunt kids in camouflage
rain down bullets in flight, white light,
barefoot boys run for your lives.”
but you can’t be nice
you put your gun to their head
and you pull back the pin
and you can’t be good
my friend is based in afghanistan
he goes from cave to cave and pulls the trigger
at the first sight of a man
it’s total anarchy
shooting tracer bullets at night
a high and holy patrol into poppy fields
but you can’t be good
you hold up the bloody knife
and let it shine in the sun
you gotta be everywhere
I’m a guard in guantanamo
I bring the prisoners in
the hoods come off and torture slowly begins
the screams I’ve overheard
it’d fuck up a weaker man
but I’m cold, I’m so untouchable
and you can’t be nice
I got a flak jacket
on my soul with me tonight
and you can’t be good
hunting down the rebels
over fields of bright and shiny coca
one-handing a 32
he says: “bring her down low now, I’m ready to go.”
rain down bullets in flight, white light,
barefoot boys run for your lives.”
you put your gun to their head
and you pull back the pin
and you can’t be good
he goes from cave to cave and pulls the trigger
at the first sight of a man
shooting tracer bullets at night
a high and holy patrol into poppy fields
you hold up the bloody knife
and let it shine in the sun
you gotta be everywhere
I bring the prisoners in
the hoods come off and torture slowly begins
it’d fuck up a weaker man
but I’m cold, I’m so untouchable
I got a flak jacket
on my soul with me tonight
and you can’t be good
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hmm. afghanastan and war seems to be a running theme in some of his songs. it would seem as though he has a friend over there and he disapproves of the inhumanity of war in general.
anyone have an idea where the title comes from?
probably a heated pool and bar is the farthest away you can get from war.
Cheney said that "the American way of life was not negotiable". What the heck is the American way of life? Given the actions of the tyrants in the white house, its not anything to do with liberty, freedom or justice.
A heated pool and bar sounds as much like the "American way of life" as anything else I can think of.
John once explained the title of this song on his message board :
It comes from "Thrasher," a song on Rust Never Sleeps, a very underrated Neil Young album. Here's the text...
"Where the vulture glides descending On an asphalt highway bending Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars Down the windy halls of friendship To the rose clipped by the bullwhip The motel of lost companions Waits with heated pool and bar."