Private First Class
Kevin Devine * Track #2 On Bubblegum
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Private First Class by Kevin Devine
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Kevin DevineAbout
This song is about Chelsea Manning a woman who was in the army as an Intel Analyst and leaked information of American war crimes to Wikileaks, and was subsequently jailed
(NOTE: while the recording uses He/Him Pronouns the lyrics in this reflect Manning’s current identification, She came out as tra...
Private First Class Lyrics
Private Manning standing in a court room
Pleading guilty; she shouldn't have to
Truth be told, she should be floating down parade routes
But - the truth WAS told, and what good did that do?
If it was you
You might wish you'd been born a liar
A coward
Her conscience barked as she watched our Apache
Cowboy-kill civilian Iraqis
Their laughter rolled like tanks over bodies
She thought: "What if everyone could see what I see?"
If it was you
You might wish you'd been born a liar
A coward
9 months in a hole
3 years in a cage
For having a soul
The American way
If it was you
You might wish you'd been born a liar
A coward
And not a hero