rich man's war
Singer:earle, steve
jimmy joined the army 'cause he had no place to go
there ain't nobody hirin'
'round here since all the jobs went
reckoned that he'd learn himself a trade maybe see the world
move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
somebody somewhere had another plan
now he's got a rifle in his hand
rollin' into baghdad wonderin' how he got this far
just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war
bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
red white and blue to the bone when he landed in kandahar
left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
a stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
been a year now and he's still there
chasin' ghosts in the thin dry air
meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war
we stand up and take our turn
and keep tellin' ourselves we're free
ali was the second son of a second son
grew up in gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
ain't nothin' else to do around here just a game children play
somethin' 'bout livin' in fear all your life makes you hard that way
he answered when he got the call
wrapped himself in death and praised allah
a fat man in a new mercedes drove him to the door
just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war