THE OPPOSITE OF POPULAR
1. war eve

it's the day before the war
and I feel nervous
with all the weapons that we store
the iraqis couldn't ask for more
maybe I should take a valium
maybe I should see my personal trainer
maybe I should get a massage
maybe I should go shopping
maybe I should call my therapist
maybe I should indulge myself
I need to be nicer to myself
I'm an american and I kill you

it's the day before the war
and I feel anxious
don't know what we're fighting for
I think it's peace but I can't be sure
maybe I should take a vacation
(it's all about me)
where people don't hate americans
maybe I should take another valium
maybe I should put my own needs first
maybe I should turn off the news
I need to focus on myself
I have to be kinder to myself
I'm an american and I kill you

2. intro to peace

dead bodies lying in a field
say crawl into my eyes, can't you feel
dead bodies lying in the jungle in the rain
say crawl through my pockets, crawl into my pain

dead bodies lining the desert to your shame
don't care about your profit only care about your blame

crawl into my body, crawl into my pain
crawl into the center, the center of my brain
crawl into my heart, crawl into my shame
close your eyes, I'm coming at you again

steady on steady on my son
Muhammed's going to miss us when we're gone
steady on, steady on, my son
Jesus is going to miss us when we're gone away

crawl into the bathtub or crawl into the sea
crawl into the sky, crawl consciously
crawl through the minefield, crawl on a grenade
you can rain on your own parade

crawl into my backbone, crawl into my will
crawl into my airspace, come get your fill
crawl into my tears, crawl into my rain
close your eyes, I'm coming at your again

crawl into my body, crawl into my pain
crawl into the center, the center of my brain
crawl into my heart, crawl into my shame
close your eyes I'm coming at you again

3. safe american home

safe american home
safe american home
great american home
and I can do no wrong

I can cause explosions in your hometown
cause death and destruction when I'm not around
america is special we won't be found out
I can live my lifestyle regardless of the body count

I can restore dictators to their former regimes
torturers and murderers there's nothing too extreme
I sit in my modern dining room furniture
and watch it all on tv and feel so pure

safe....

I'm so confused by what I don't hear on the news
why does everyone hate us and think we're no good
for toppling an elected government I expect some gratitude
burning our sacred flag while we kill you is so rude

how could terror come all the way to usa
I always thought we were too far away
it isn't fair that I should suffer from this
I learn to say I'm from iceland in many languages

better stay in my safe....

I can make you a case for Amnesty International
say fuck-you to the UN and not be accountable
I can use all the resources destroy environment
I'll just say I didn't have evil intent

safe....

Guatemala Chile Vietnam Afghanistan
Nicaragua Iraq Libya and Iran
Syria Egypt Indonesia and Lebanon
and too many more to mention

Safe...
Great...
Explosive...

I don't care if you're oppressed
don't even think of voting socialist
you might think we're crazy
but we'll destroy any democracy
that interferes with our interests
I don't care how oppressed you are
don't even think of voting anyone in
who'll nationalize your resources

I'm a flag-burner and I don't care
there are ghosts everywhere

and I can do no wrong.

4. speaker's corner

welcome to Speaker's Corner
welcome to people holding signs: the end is near
who think you can be saved with just a word
and we're dining on our own poison now
wash it down with bottled water
republican party, men in ties
how we love to hear their lies

welcome to the new world order
welcome to chaotic law and order
made by the rich who want to rule our dreams
and put women at home or in the grave
I'd like to have a slave while I'm singing
Jesus saves me
let stupid people rule us all
they're always on call

do you know what time it is
have you got the time
time to find a telephone
and report a crime
mother mary, mother mary,
mother mary have you got a dime

I like to dance like I have ants in my pants
it's a sure-fire thing, it's a global romance
I like to fly like I have blood on my wings
it's a sure-fire bet we'll drop a bomb on it yet
I like to sing like I'm a swing on a string
like what anyone says doesn't mean a damn thing
I like to walk like I am marching to war
to save my country you know, makes a good TV show

welcome to the slaughterhouse
welcome to what we put into our mouths
because we like to think we own it all
and you're fucking up your own karma now
talking to God with a stomach full of cow
you're running out of karma, man
who'll listen to you now?

5. kill for your God

I will I will will kill for your God
I will I will will kill for your God
I will I will will kill for your God
for your God I'll kill for you
for your God I'll kill for you

I'm white and entitled upper-class
I won't stop 'til oil flows out my ass
I'll send kids to kill for pipeline USA
I'll send kids to blow up the oppressed in my name

do you think your God thinks you're swell
while you blow everyone else to hell

I'll vote with my wallet support the president
I won't rest 'til all the welfare money's spent
I love tax breaks for the one percent
I buy SUVs while the poor can't pay rent

6. call to action

you say the war is coming soon
I say you're an apathetic goon
you say it won't hurt you and me
I say causing pain to others isn't always free
you say there's nothing we can do
I say this to me and you:
don't go, don't go to work,
don't go to school, don't be a jerk
sing out loud and burn your bra,
use civil disobedience, break the law

7. gay tripper

she's got a good reason
to sit in her bedroom and pout
she's got a good reason
and doesn't know what she's about

tried to please her
she said she hated my band
tried to please her
she said that could only be done by a man

she was a gay tripper
she didn't understand
it took her so long to find out
and she found out

tried to seize her
she only offered her hand
tried to appease her
she had her head in the sand

she was a gay tripper
one-way driver, yeah
it took her so long
to find out but she found out

she was a gay tripper
she didn't understand
she was so brainwashed
thought she had to go out with a man
it took her so long to find out
but she found out

8. living well is the best revenge

I won't come round your door
I'm only lonely
I'm not empty
as you'd like me to be

don't need your junk anymore
my conscience with me
not unhappy
I am only free

I'm not the same girl you left behind
going out of her mind
going out of her head
I'm not the same girl you left behind
trying to stay in those lines
the ones you made

you can take all of the friends
who have to take sides
I don't take sides
I get by, get by

rats aren't just little dogs
they have their own name
something I never
could explain to you

I'm not the same girl you left behind
with nothing but time
hanging over her head
I'm not the same girl you left behind
stop wasting my time
I'll stop wasting my breath


(songs 9-13 appear on the "songs for afghanistan" page)

14. new world order

here it comes the new day
coming Monday or Tuesday
taking orders from the USA
it reminds me of yesterday

let me take you to old Baghdad
it's gonna be a bit of a laugh
explosions make a happy tune

you look lovely in the green light
those bombs make everything so bright
who needs the moon

how stupid do you think I am
we're not bombing saddam
we're bombing everyone like me
the people with no authority

when I ask for your resignation oh oh
all I get is repression oh oh
free speech is overdone you say
why do we need it in the usa

when I ask for a description oh oh
all I get is conscription oh oh
young men who have to sign their names
who have to step up and take the blame

impeach president bush stop the war
impeach president bush nuclear whore
impeach president bush save roe v. wade
impeach president bush save the rave

when I ask for an explanation oh oh
all I get is immigration oh oh
rounding up everyone who's not like you
like the Nisei in world war two

when I ask for information
all I get is a fascist lecture
what new order will you make of this
you've added north korea to your hit list

I won't take orders from the new world order.

15. capitalism's queen

Take a look around you
can't you see people are hungry
do you think you owe them nothing
it's for their lack of trying

do you still believe the dream
the dream that you are charming
and that people want for nothing
capitalism's queen

do you still believe
do you still believe
do you still believe
it all

one-hundred-and-fifty dollar
designer jeans made to look worn and old
from use your fashion statement
is just abuse

compassion should be the fashion
in this land where people have no health care
and everything is just for profit
can't you see it through

will you still tell me everything's okay
that capitalism hasn't really had its day
will you tell me
will you tell me
will you still tell me the lie