Light Up Ya Lighter - Michael Franti & Spearhead.mp3

[00:04.50]It never makes no sense
[00:07.65]It never makes no sense
[00:09.60]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[00:12.84]Fire, fire, fire
[00:16.56]Armageddon is a deadly day
[00:19.68]Armageddon is a deadly way
[00:22.98]They comin' for you everyday
[00:25.47]While Senators on holiday
[00:28.50]The Army recruiters in the parking lot
[00:31.74]Hustling kids there jugglin' pot
[00:34.95]Listen young man, listen to my plan
[00:37.80]Gonna make you money, gonna make you a man
[00:40.92]Bom, bom, here’s what you get
[00:44.28]An M-6 and a
[00:46.11]Kevlar vest
[00:47.43]You might come home with one less leg
[00:50.46]But this thing will surely keep a bullet out of your chest
[00:53.73]So come on come on, sign up, come on
[00:57.09]This one’s nothing like
[01:00.33]VietnamExcept for the bullets, except for the bombs
[01:03.33]Except for the youth that’s gone
[01:05.43]So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home
[01:09.63]Higher and higher
[01:13.32]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[01:15.99]Fire, fire, fire
[01:18.00]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[01:21.93]Higher and higher
[01:22.26]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[01:29.52]Fire, fire, fire
[01:31.89]Tell me President tell me if you will
[01:35.04]How many people does a smart bomb kill?
[01:38.40]How many of 'em do you think we got?
[01:41.07]The General says, we never miss a shot
[01:44.13]And we never ever ever keep a body count
[01:47.40]We killin' so efficiently we can’t keep count
[01:50.49]In the Afghan hills the rebels still fightin'
[01:54.15]Opium fields keep providin'
[01:57.00]The best pussy that money can buy
[01:59.91]And nobody knows where
[02:01.74]Osama Bin hidin'
[02:03.27]The press conferences keep on lyin'
[02:06.90]Like we don’t know
[02:08.49]So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home
[02:14.34]Higher and higher
[02:16.02]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[02:19.20]Fire, fire, fire
[02:21.18]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[02:25.53]Higher and higher
[02:30.93]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[02:31.80]Fire, fire, fire
[02:35.97]Some say engine engine number nine
[02:38.01]Machine guns on a
[02:39.42]New York transit line
[02:41.19]The war for oil is a war for the beast
[02:44.31]The war on terror is a war on peace
[02:48.06]Tellin' you they’re gonna protect you
[02:51.18]And tellin' you that they support the troops
[02:53.61]And don’t let them fool you with their milk and honey
[02:57.36]No they only want your money
[03:00.15]One step forward and two steps back
[03:03.54]One step forward and two steps back
[03:06.42]Why do veterans get no respect?
[03:09.36]PTSD and a broken back
[03:13.26]Take a look at where your money's gone seen
[03:16.47]Take a look at what they spend it on
[03:19.26]No excuses, no illusions
[03:22.53]Light up ya lighter bring it home
[03:24.42]So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home
[03:30.09]Higher and higher
[03:31.50]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[03:35.88]Fire, fire, fire
[03:36.96]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[03:44.46]Higher and higher
[03:45.27]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[03:48.45]Fire, fire, fire
[03:49.53]So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home
[03:57.06]Higher and higher
[03:57.48]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[04:00.99]Fire, fire, fire
[04:02.16]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[04:06.24]Higher and higher
[04:06.57]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter
[04:13.74]Fire, fire, fire
[04:18.09]Fire, fire, fire
[04:19.56]Yeah you know so light up ya lighter
[04:21.96]Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire
[04:22.65]No, light up ya lighter