Rich Man's War-Steve Earle

[ti:Rich Man's War] [ar:Steve Earle] [al:The Revolution Starts…Now] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.48]Jimmy joined the army cause he had no place to go [00:04.75] [00:08.28]There ain't nobody hiring round here [00:10.64]Since all the jobs went down to Mexico [00:13.89] [00:16.66]Reckoned that heard learn himself a trade maybe see the world [00:20.72] [00:25.03]Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl [00:29.96] [00:33.01]Somebody somewhere had another plan [00:36.35] [00:36.86]Now he's got a rifle in his hand [00:40.30] [00:40.86]Rolling into Baghdad wondering how he got this far [00:45.45] [00:48.82]Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war [00:53.55] [01:01.08]Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm [01:05.30] [01:09.41]Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar [01:14.02] [01:17.05]Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl [01:21.54] [01:25.56]A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world [01:30.59] [01:33.75]Been a year now and he's still there [01:36.76] [01:37.94]Chasin's ghosts in the thin dry air [01:40.52] [01:41.45]Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car [01:46.12] [01:49.42]Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war [01:54.47] [02:10.50]When will we ever learn [02:13.50] [02:14.45]When will we ever see [02:17.85] [02:18.40]We stand up and take our turn [02:21.66] [02:22.50]And keep telling ourselves we're free [02:26.94] [02:27.63]Ali was the second son of a second son [02:31.61] [02:36.11]Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks [02:39.01]When the tanks would come [02:40.59] [02:43.42]Ain't nothing else to do around here just a game children play [02:48.40] [02:51.82]Something about living in fear all your life [02:55.27]Makes you hard that way [02:57.33] [03:00.78]He answered when he got the call [03:03.88]Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah [03:07.91]A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door [03:13.26] [03:16.03]Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war [03:21.11] [03:21.74]Rich Man's War - Steve Earle