# I done wrote me a protest song **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-wrote-me-a-protest-song/154493 "2003-02-12T02:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-wrote-me-a-protest-song/154493/1 "2003-02-12T02:19:57Z")
Well butter mah overalls and call me Arlo, I gotta get me a gee-tar. This is to the tune of that song that goes “ba-RUM-ty tum-ty tum-ty tum…” > [@](#): > > Some folks from Al Quaeda, they dealt us quite a blow; > They killed a lot of people, and laid the Towers low. > We’ve got to find bin Laden, and hit him with a bomb… > …but if we can’t find him, we’ll just go drop it on Saddam! > > Hooray! Hoorah! > We’re going off to war! > Even though we’re not exactly certain what it’s for: > Is it truth and peace and freedom, or power, guns and oil? > Either way, our troops are landing on Iraqi soil. > Saddam, he has some nasty weapons hidden in his land. > He’s not supposed to have 'em, 'cause we’ve told him they were banned. > Saddam denies that they exist, and that’s why all the fuss: > We know he’s got the weapons, 'cause he bought them all from us! > > Hooray! Hoorah! > We’re going off to war! > What will happen if we win? Nobody’s really sure. > There needs to be some changes – on that we can agree – > So we’ll stage a coup d’etat to bring Iraq democracy! > Now gather 'round and listen to our President, George Bush, > Who says, “Saddam’s a bad guy and he needs to get the push. > He bombed and gassed his people, and you haven’t heard the worst: > He went and bombed his people before we could bomb them first!” > > Hooray! Hoorah! > We’re going off to war! > With the folks from CNN along to keep the score. > Let’s try to win this quickly, and welcome home our men – > And maybe in ten years we’ll get to do it all again! > > – John B. Russell Your turn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-wrote-me-a-protest-song/154493/2 "2003-02-12T02:41:19Z")
It was hijacked right off the bat (and I assisted), but [here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=162264). ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-wrote-me-a-protest-song/154493/3 "2003-02-12T02:43:57Z")
Sorry, but I must protest! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-wrote-me-a-protest-song/154493/4 "2003-02-12T02:48:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*It was hijacked right off the bat (and I assisted), but [here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=162264). \*\* Oh bollocks. And I did a search and everything… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > Sorry, but I must protest! If you must. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-wrote-me-a-protest-song/154493/5 "2003-02-12T08:58:10Z")
I wrote three “anti-war” songs for the Decomputerization CD. I tried to give them a slightly different twist to your average anti-war track. > [@](#): > > ## This is War C 2002 - The Tic Tok Men > > Wake up watch your town go down in flame. > We’ll carpet bomb cities to kill and maim. > Our bullets ripped out half a childs spine. > And they say “how are you today sir?” > “I’m just fine.” > > This is war! > > We censor the truth and fabricate lies. > Propaganda machine on the rise. > We don’t need a reason. > We just take it. > And our life is good and your life is shit. > > This is War! > > The Corporate money bought the government seat. > Rejecters are gunned down in the street. > And our profits rise: human losses are great. > The Corporation owns you. > It’s too late. > > This is War! > [@](#): > > ## The Overpressure C 2001 - The Tic Tok Men > > It keeps walking and it won’t look forward. > It seeks the cracks in complacently. > It’s cold fingers grip on the human emotion. > The Overpressure - The Overpressure > > It sparks terror on the would around it > It calls vengeance a legitimate thing > The People pray to their new false idol. > The Overpressure - The Overpressure. > > STOP! Stop shouting > STOP! Stop fighting > STOP! Stop advancing > The Overpressure > The Overpressure wants us all > > The people bring it all their sacrifices > It swallows up everything it can see > The faithful blind to it’s final solution > The Overpressure - The Overpressure. > > STOP! Stop shouting > STOP! Stop fighting > STOP! Stop advancing > The Overpressure > The Overpressure wants us all > > You won’t see it ‘till it comes down on you. > Pneumatic soul crushing fighting machines. > Summoned from the well of our human desires. > The Overpressure - The Overpressure > > STOP! Stop pushing > STOP! Stop shooting > STOP! Stop hating > STOP! Stop killing > STOP! Stop shooting. > STOP! Stop fighting > STOP! Stop advancing > The Overpressure > The Overpressure wants us all > [@](#): > > ## Apart C 2001 - The Tic Tok Men > > Hot metal and burning oil > A million moving machines > Angry youth leaves 20 dead > A semi-automatic routine > > Crack babies and crackwhores > Another car bomb downtown > The politicians are still smiling > With anthrax letters floating around > > The Christian army kills the Muslim > While the Muslim kills jew > The leaders of this world are dropping bombs because they’ve > Got nothing better to do > > -We’re on the redline. No turning. Until we tear it apart. > -We’re on the redline. No stopping. Until we tear it apart. > > Crossfire in a playground > Killed a mother and son > But everyone’s distracted > With the war that’s begun > > They fortified the borders > Airlifted in troops > Reprogrammed all the missiles > To take off in groups. > > The Christian army kills the Muslim > While the Muslim kills jew > The leaders of this world are dropping bombs because they’ve > Got nothing better to do > > -We’re on the redline. No turning. Until we tear it apart. > -We’re on the redline. No stopping. Until we tear it apart. > -We’re on the redline, No Stopping! > > Overpopulation > Domination > Evil corporation > No stimulation > Public sedation > Failing education > No cooperation > Fighting nations > Misinformation > Student demonstration > Infant mutilation > No vaccination > Police investigations > Military operations > Guilt by association > Your eternal damnation > No salvation of frustration in the legal litigation > Civilization desperation > Taxation irritation > Inflation of mutation > Deviation > Regulation > Violation > Starvation > Radiation and contamination > Humiliation > Inebriation > Assassination > Deforestation > Eradication > Abomination > Realization of this revelation > > -We’re on the redline. No turning. Until we tear it apart. > -We’re on the redline. No stopping. Until we tear it apart. There are mp3’s of them over at [www.ampcast.com/tictok](http://www.ampcast.com/tictok)