Christmas in Fallujah-Jefferson Pepper

[ti:Christmas In Fallujah] [ar:Jefferson Pepper] [al:Christmas In Fallujah] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Christmas in Fallujah - Jefferson Pepper [00:15.48]It's Christmas in Fallujah [00:17.25] [00:18.35]To the victors go the spoils [00:21.22] [00:22.77]We came to help the people [00:24.61] [00:26.19]It's not about the oil [00:28.36] [00:30.01]I came here to Fallujah with presents in my sack [00:35.43] [00:37.21]I bring the gift of freedom [00:39.53] [00:40.21]Through unprovoked attack [00:42.99] [00:59.69]It's not the sound of reindeer up on your roof at night [01:05.16] [01:06.37]I'm coming down your chimney [01:09.03] [01:09.92]With guns and blinding lights [01:12.97] [01:14.25]I've gotta take your husband [01:16.35] [01:16.98]And I'd like to tell you why [01:19.95] [01:21.10]But I can't speak your language [01:23.64] [01:24.15]I'm too overwhelmed to try [01:27.18] [01:27.94]But uncle Sam made a list [01:30.15]He's checking it twice [01:31.49] [01:31.99]He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice [01:35.43]But sometimes the names [01:37.29]They get mixed up [01:38.92]If they get 'em right half the time [01:41.92]That's close enough [01:44.73] [01:46.56]It's Christmas in Fallujah [01:49.25] [01:49.87]Children snuggle in their beds [01:52.73] [01:53.50]While the corpses of their parents dance around in their heads [02:00.04] [02:01.80]Palaces and bridges [02:03.90] [02:04.58]We burned them to the ground [02:07.05] [02:08.38]'Cause someone got a contract to rebuild the whole damned town [02:14.65] [02:16.11]It's Christmas in Fallujah [02:18.88]Hear the bells begin to toll [02:21.96] [02:22.76]I'm sorry about your mother [02:25.39] [02:26.37]She's somewhere down in the hole [02:29.22] [02:30.76]I came here to Fallujah to win your hearts and minds [02:36.47] [02:37.56]But when we bombed your building your family was inside [02:44.77]But uncle Sam made a list [02:46.89]He's checking it twice [02:48.66]He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice [02:52.17]But sometimes the names [02:54.21]They get mixed up [02:55.61]If they get 'em right half the time [02:58.23] [02:58.81]That's close enough [03:02.07] [03:03.82]Don't blame it on us soldiers [03:06.42]We're only doing what we're told [03:09.39] [03:10.23]Never had a spoon of silver [03:13.32]Now I've got a broken heart of gold [03:16.40] [03:17.35]And I'm going to have to live [03:19.89]With all these nightmares that I've seen [03:24.05] [03:24.58]Never taught to know the difference [03:27.95]Between Osama and Hussein [03:31.38] [03:31.89]But uncle Sam made a list [03:34.18]He's checking it twice [03:35.38] [03:35.89]He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice [03:39.05]But sometimes the names [03:41.33]They get mixed up [03:42.71]If they get 'em right half time [03:45.29] [03:45.85]That's close enough [03:49.09] [04:05.38]It's Christmas in Fallujah [04:07.50] [04:08.22]To the victors go the spoils [04:11.15] [04:12.40]We came to help the people [04:14.72] [04:15.41]It's not about the oil