Us Poor Bastards
Well, I guess we know washed up singer Billy Joel’s stance on the troops now. As far as I am concerned he can stay in Australia. Why is it these jokers think they can leave the country on tours, say whatever they want and there won’t be any reprecussions? Remember the Dixie Chicks? I didn’t think so.
Joel, with the support of The Sunday Telegraph and Sony BMG, is giving away his latest song, Christmas In Fallujah – a tribute to US and Australian soldiers serving in the Middle East.
He is not charging for the song because he simply wants people to hear it and think of the soldiers – “those poor bastards’’ – stuck in Iraq for Christmas.
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“We wanted to do something to commemorate our tour of Australia,’’ he said. “There are no other recordings of this song, with me singing, available.
“We thought it would bea nice way to say thank you on our last night in Oz: Merry Christmas!’’ – The Daily Telegraph
Anyway, lyrics after the jump.
via Blackfive and The Mudville Gazette
BILLY Joel’s CHRISTMAS IN FALLUJAH
IT’S EVENING IN THE DESERT
I’M TIRED AND I’M COLD
BUT I AM JUST A SOLDIER
I DO WHAT I AM TOLDWE CAME WITH THE CRUSADERS
TO SAVE THE HOLY LAND
IT’S CHRISTMAS IN FALLUJAH
AND NO ONE GIVES A DAMNAND I JUST GOT YOUR LETTER
AND THIS IS WHAT I READ . . . . . . YOU SAID
I’M FADING FROM YOUR MEMORY
SO I’M JUST AS GOOD AS DEADWE ARE THE ARMIES OF THE EMPIRE
WE ARE THE LEGIONNAIRES OF ROME
IT’S CHRISTMAS IN FALLUJAH
AND WE AIN’T NEVER COMING HOMEWE CAME TO BRING THESE PEOPLE FREEDOM
WE CAME TO FIGHT THE INFIDEL
THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THE DESERT
BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOD IN HELLTHEY SAY OSAMA’S IN THE MOUNTAINS
DEEP IN A CAVE NEAR PAKISTAN
BUT THERE’S A SEA OF BLOOD IN BAGHDAD
A SEA OF OIL IN THE SANDBETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
ANOTHER DAY COMES TO AN END
IT’S CHRISTMAS IN FALLUJAH
PEACE ON EARTH GOODWILL TO MENIT’S CHRISTMAS IN FALLUJAH
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
IT’S CHRISTMAS IN FALLUJAH
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
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