Winston Apple

SURVIVOR: BAGHDAD

Lyrics and music by Winston Apple
Bush slipped us a mickey and marched across the Rubicon
When we came to our senses our sons and daughters were gone
He said, “Don’t you worry about it.  They won’t be gone for long.”
Now it’s more than four years later and the war drags on and on
And the death count mounts climbing higher and higher
How much longer will we let this go on?

We toppled Saddam’s statue and had him on the run
Just a few short days after the war had begun
It took a good while longer to drag Spidey from his hole
Now he’s been tried and hung and buried and we still haven’t gained control
The bullets are still flying and the blood still flows
How much longer will we let this go on?

There are very few Iraqis who want us to stay
And most of our troops would like to come home today
So let’s be democratic, let the people have a say
The TV junkies know that there’s a better way

Survivor: Baghdad - Bush versus Hussein
The zealot and the autocrat in a real war game
It was a fight to the death and Saddam did the dying 
But the cards still left in Bush’s deck haven’t given up the fight
Now it’s Sunni versus Shi’a, them and al Quida versus us
And we’re handing out free weapons to militias we can’t trust
And “Mission Accomplished” is now “Democracy or Bust!”
How much longer will we let this go on?

Survivor: Baghdad
We’re down to the final round
Let the people in the war zone vote thumbs up or thumbs down
Let the people of Iraq decide democratically
If they want our brand of freedom or prefer theocracy
And let our soldiers in Iraq decide if Bush should be impeached
Or serve out his term as our Commander-in-Chief
I’d vote a big thumbs down, but it’s not up to me
I will support our troops, whatever their decision may be

Barring any sudden moves from the evil Kim Jong
Tune in next season for Survivor
Survivor: Tehran