The Next Attack - David Rovics

The next attack is coming

I heard it on the TV

Some important politician said

We´ve got to drive them into the sea

Round up all the Arabs

Send them back from where they came

Who cares if they are citizens

They´re fanatics all the same

The next attack is coming

Said dictators west and east

And New York can not rest

Until all the rebels are deceased

So send along those helicopters

And we will shoot them all

And we´ll cut social services

And build a shopping mall

The next attack is coming

Said the CEO

So we need to drill for oil

And build more pipelines, don´t you know

If these Arabs do not like it

And we need the military here

The American people will support us

Whether out of greed or fear

The next attack is coming

I heard an Afghan child say

My family was killed

By a plane the other day

And when I grow up

I will get them back

So I say beware, America

Here comes the next attack

The next attack is coming

Said Cheney to his men

And if it doesn´t

We can make one happen again

Every war we´ve ever been in

Was started with a lie

And this war is good business

So today´s the day for you to die.