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Steve Earle’s controversial interpretation of the finding and capture of John Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban” fighter.
Just more than a year after the events of 9/11 and seven months after Lindh accepted a plea bargain for fighting against his birth nation, Earle tried to examine what might in...
I'm just an American boy raised on MTV
And I've seen all the kids in the soda pop ads
But none of 'em looked like me
So I started lookin' around for a light out of the dim
And the first thing I heard that made sense was the word
Of Muhammad, peace be upon him
[Chorus]
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
There's no God but God
If my daddy could see me now, chains around my feet
He don't understand that sometimes a man
Has got to fight for what he believes
And I believe God is great, all praise due to him
And if I should die, I'd rise up to the sky
Just like Jesus, peace be upon him
[Chorus]
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
There's no God but God
We came to fight the Jihad and our hearts were pure and strong
And death filled the air, we all offered up prayers
And prepared for our martyrdom
Ah, but Allah had some other plan, some secret not revealed
Now they're draggin' me back
With my head in a sack to the land of the infidel
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
John Walker’s Blues was written by Steve Earle.
John Walker’s Blues was produced by The Twangtrust.
Steve Earle released John Walker’s Blues on Tue Sep 24 2002.