Lives In The Balance
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I've been waiting for something
to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you've seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war
And there's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interest runs
On the radio talk shows and the t.v.
You hear one thing again and again
How the u.s.a. stands for freedom
And we come to the aid of a friend
But who are the ones that we call our friends--
These governments killing their own?
Or the people who finally can't take any more
And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone
There are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire
There's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who fan the flames
Of the wars that are fought in places
Where we can't even say the names
They sell us the president the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us every thing from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars
I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
But they're never the ones to fight or to die
And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire
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I made it all the way to the "WAR" sign at 16 seconds, ain't interested.
Posted Aug-21-2012 Byfotoman4u2 (3692.20) 
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@fotoman4u2 To bad..it is how we are killing the future of this world...you may be old and don't give a fuck but but we ALL need this world to survive
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bystarmover (63.70) 
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NICE all I can say!!! V
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bystarmover (63.70) 
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My attention span lasted about 20 seconds into this one.
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByMesmer (214.30) 
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You forgot to add the new killer and chief.
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bydaveporter (329.50) 
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Praise French people, cause they seem to be the only one who can still do it. The rest of you are a fucking pussies or a late resemblance of how you shouldn't be while you are what you are.....
Posted Aug-22-2012 ByAdolfHilter (24.28) AdolfHilter View Channel Send Message
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@AdolfHilter Your name sez it all
Posted Aug-22-2012 Bystarmover (63.70) 
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