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TRAIL OF TEARS © 2008 Jefferson Pepper, American Fallout.com

From the Trail of Tears to the Battle of Waterloo / We’re fighting our enemies just like we used to do / The emperor’s without a stitch, when will we ever see? / Isn’t it strange that time never changes me? / We’re infantrymen out earning our salt / The men at the top claim it isn’t their fault / It’s the price we pay for keeping the nation free / So much potential, so many possibilities / Brave young lives with promise and ability / We just wanna be all we can be / From the Trail of Tears to the meadows of Gettysburg / We’re fighting our enemies, to hell with the Holy word / The emperor’s without a stitch, when will we ever see? / Isn’t it strange that time never changes me? / Propaganda morphs into history / How soon we forget the atrocities / We close our eyes, we don’t like to see / We like to pretend that we’re always on the moral side / Charge ahead fueled by jingoistic pride / Black or white, wrong or right mentalities / From the Trail of Tears to the jungles of Vietnam / We’re fighting our enemies any way we can / The emperor’s without a stitch, when will we ever see? / Isn’t it strange that time never changes me? / Our reptilian brain is still in there / Reacts when it’s cornered, reacts when it’s scared / We’ve got to fight our violent tendencies / If we choose reason over insanity / Do unto others with kindness and humanity / We might have half a chance to live in peace / From the Trail of Tears to the roadsides of Iraq / We’re fighting our enemies, too many aren’t coming back / The emperor’s without a stitch, when will we ever see? / Isn’t it strange that time never changes me?