1) It Blows me away that noone has commented on this song
2) it blows me away that more Steve Earle songs arent on this site!
This song is about John Walker Lind who was known as "The American Taliban". He was caught in Afghanistan fighting the Northern Alliance on the side of Al Quada. There is no argument that he ever fired on Americans or even had an opportunity to..but was ridiculed and hauled back to America and treated like a terrorist just the same.
It took Balls the size of church bells to write this song when it was written (or now for that matter) and Steve Earle has so many great songs.
Check out: BIlly Austin, Over Yonder, Valentines Day, Copperhead Road, Dead Man Walking, Tom Ames Prayer, and his version of Breed by Nirvana!
1) It Blows me away that noone has commented on this song
2) it blows me away that more Steve Earle songs arent on this site!
This song is about John Walker Lind who was known as "The American Taliban". He was caught in Afghanistan fighting the Northern Alliance on the side of Al Quada. There is no argument that he ever fired on Americans or even had an opportunity to..but was ridiculed and hauled back to America and treated like a terrorist just the same. It took Balls the size of church bells to write this song when it was written (or now for that matter) and Steve Earle has so many great songs.
Check out: BIlly Austin, Over Yonder, Valentines Day, Copperhead Road, Dead Man Walking, Tom Ames Prayer, and his version of Breed by Nirvana!