《A Few Words in Defense of Our Country》是Randy Newman演唱的歌曲，收錄於專輯《Harps and Angels》中。
基本介紹
- 外文名：A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
- 所屬專輯：Harps and Angels
- 歌曲原唱：Randy Newman
- 歌曲語言：英語
歌曲歌詞
I'd like to say a few words
In defense of our country
Whose people aren't bad
Nor are they mean
Now the leaders we have
While they're the worst that we've had
Are hardly the worst
This poor world has seen
Take the Caesars for example
Within the first few of them
They were sleeping with their sister
Stashing little boys in swimming pools
And burning down the city
And one of 'em one of 'em
Appointed his own horse to be Consul of the Empire
That's like vice president or something
Wait a minute that's not a very good example is it
But wait here's one
The Spanish Inquisition
It put people in a terrible position
I don't even like to think about it
Well sometimes I like to think about it
Just a few words in defense of our country
Whose time at the top
Could be coming to an end
We don't want your love
And respect at this point is pretty much out of the question
But times like these
We sure could use a friend
Hitler
Stalin
Men who need no introduction
King Leopold of Belgium that's right
Everyone thinks he's so great
Well he owned The Congo and he tore it up too
He took the diamonds
He took the silver
He took the gold
You know what he left them with
Malaria
A President once said
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Now we're supposed to be afraid
It's patriotic in fact and color-coded
And what are we supposed to be afraid of
Why of being afraid
That's what terror means doesn't it
That's what it used to mean
You know it kind of pisses me off
That this Supreme Court is going to outlive me
A couple of young Italian fellas and a brother on the Court now too
But I defy you anywhere in the world
To find me two Italians as tightassed as the two Italians we got
And as for the brother well
Pluto's not a planet anymore either
The end of an Empire is messy at best
And this Empire is ending
Like all the rest
Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea
We're adrift in the land of the brave and the home of the free
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
