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We sell 'em missiles, We sell 'em tanks
We give 'em credit, You can call the bank
It's just a business, You can pay us in crude
You love these toys, just go play out your feuds
Got no pride, don't know whose boots to lick
We act so greedy, makes me sick sick sick
So get up, stand up, out of my way
I want to talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, whose gonna pay
I want to talk to the man right away
We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
Hoping they don't catch the hell fire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
And tell 'em to hotbed the sunshine
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk
Sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist
Another Munich we just can't afford
We're gonna send in the eighty-second airborne
Get up, stand up, who's gonna pay
I wanna talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, outta my way
I wanna talk to the man right away
We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
And hoping they don't catch the shellfire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
Catching the bite on primetime
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Get up! Stand up!
Dealer! Stealer!
Hey!
We walk the highwire
We send all our men into the front lines
We're hoping that we backed the right side
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
We send all the men up to the front lines
And hoping they don't catch the hellfire
With hot guns and cold cold, cold, cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
We walk the highwire
With hot guns and cold, cold, cold nights
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We give 'em credit, You can call the bank
You love these toys, just go play out your feuds
We act so greedy, makes me sick sick sick
I want to talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, whose gonna pay
I want to talk to the man right away
Sending the men up to the front line
Hoping they don't catch the hell fire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Sending the men up to the front line
And tell 'em to hotbed the sunshine
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist
We're gonna send in the eighty-second airborne
I wanna talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, outta my way
I wanna talk to the man right away
Putting the world out on a deadline
And hoping they don't catch the shellfire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Putting the world out on a deadline
Catching the bite on primetime
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Dealer! Stealer!
Hey!
We send all our men into the front lines
We're hoping that we backed the right side
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We send all the men up to the front lines
And hoping they don't catch the hellfire
With hot guns and cold cold, cold, cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
With hot guns and cold, cold, cold nights
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The Army, sells other countries weapons, then they have to fight the other countries. They live on the edge.
It's funny how the U.S. gets blamed every time one of its former "friends" ends up stabbing us in the back. The reason-the ONLY reason France, Germany and Russia were against the war in Iraq is because they had so much money invested in Saddam Hussein. This song obviously isn't about any of that--just wanted to vent--thank you
France, Germany & Russia were against the war in Iraq because they had brains (unlike Cheney & his lapdog Bush). If freeing the Iraqi people was REALLY why we went in, why didn't we also go into Cuba (which is, oh, about 6000 miles closer to us) and free those people?