American Zen - Memorial Day Lyrics

Last night I laid in the back of my truck
Imagining our soldiers in trucks jeeps and tents
In my homelessness - yeah - my life sucks!
But can I complain - thinking of their resentments?
It's Memorial Day - It's Memorial Day
A chopper flies over - but they don't shoot
No bombs bursting with fear - keeping out of view I scoot
Being discovered by a policeman's badge
Telling me I can't sleep on the street
With only a few dollars to my name
Trying to get a shower every day or two - and a hamburger to eat
It's Memorial Day - It's Memorial Day
Day of thanks - for all those - who gave their lives away
But is this so bad - compared to those
Who are bivouacked in the Middle East or on a boat?
I can choose to go the library and work
I can leave when someone - goes berserk
War sucks! War is stupid - War is a joke
Costing the lives of mostly innocent folk
No war is necessary - no war is right
No war makes killing people - a righteous fight
Will God be glad we couldn't talk it out?
Will God be happy for all those we made sad?
Will God reward us for each man or woman killed?
Who gets the credit - the soldier or the congressman on The Hill
If we pay someone - a soldier - to kill someone - are we all innocent?
We never touched the gun - believing there's an enemy
We must hurry up and kill - murder and burn
Can this be right? When will people learn?
Killing is not the answer - words accomplish more
It's Memorial Day - It's Memorial Day
Thinking of those - who gave their lives away