You can topple ideology but not the armies they enlist."

I questioned the intentions of the boy scouts chanting war.

"well that's the sound of freedom, son" he said.

(free to say no more.)

But wait a minute dad, did you actually say freedom?

Well, if you're dumb enough to vote,

You're fuckin dumb enough to believe him.

Cuz if this country is so goddam free.

Then i can burn your fucking flag wherever i damn well please,

And i will stick the fucking flag up your ass

I carried their anthem, convinces it was mine.

Rhymeless, unreasoned conjecture kept me in line.

But then i stood back and wondered what the fuck had they done to me.

Made accomplice to all that i'd promised i would never fucking be.

Never be.

You carry their anthem convinces that it's yours.

Invitation to honor. invitation to war.

Bette midler now assumes sainthood.

Romanticize murder for moral.

Tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree my friend,

And "gee wally, that's swell!"

Fuck the troops to hell!