Eric Bachman courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan: “War Is A Racket by Smedley Butler.
I had to read this in high school for a history class. I guess its impact on me finally found its way into a song via Mama Was A War Profiteer.”
I remember breathing under
Cover and the screaming thunder
Flashes in the night so bright we
Traveled at the speed of light we
Shuffled through the mountain passes
While the bombs above us blasted
To a bunker safe and sound we
Kissed as everything burned to the ground
See the limousines all blasted
Into smithereens and ashes
Bodies flying in the clearing
Flying like the end was nearing
I remember bleeding under
Cover and the screaming thunder
Watching tiny bombs explode
Above the Gulf of Mexico where
No one could be
No one could be
Seen for miles and miles around and
No one would be
No one could be
Nowhere nowhere nowhere nowhere
No way out
Nowhere now
No way out
In the golden hour
(Mama was a war profiteer)
No way out
Nowhere now
No way out
In the golden hour
[?]
No way out
Nowhere now
Mama Was a War Profiteer was written by Archers of Loaf & Eric Bachmann & Matt Gentling & Mark Price & Eric Johnson (Archers of Loaf).
Mama Was a War Profiteer was produced by Archers of Loaf & Adam McDaniel & Eric Bachmann & Matt Gentling & Mark Price & Eric Johnson (Archers of Loaf).