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A song criticizing the propaganda and glorification of war and killing found in the macho media culture of the 80s. The main subject of the song, Rambozo the Clown, is clearly a play on Stallone’s movie character Rambo and the TV clown Bozo, underlining the fact that these action movies are marketed...
[Verse 1]
We got a deadly toy
To brainwash your boy
An egocentric, muscle thug
Kicks butt on screen like a brat out of hell
Bullshitter in the Indochina shop
Pull the string in his back
We win the war
[Pre-Chorus 1]
That we never
Should have started at all
[Pre-Chorus 2]
A Cabbage Patch terrorist to call our own
Who rewrites history with a machine gun
Don't think about it; kill it!
That's what we teach your child
[Chorus]
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo the clown
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo the clown
[Verse 2]
To draft-age kids
It sure looks fun:
"Kill 'em all
And let God sort 'em out"
Like video games, no mess
Just fuel for a mass lapse of common sense
You can be Don Quixote
We'll dice you with our windmill blades
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Brawn over brain
Means a happy ending
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G.I. Joe in the cereal bowl
Gray shrapnel-flavored chewing gum
Mass murder ain't just painless
Now that we've made it cute
[Chorus]
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo the clown
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo the clown
[Bridge]
War is sexy, war is fun
Iron Ego, Red Dawn
Be a wolverine, you'll rule the hills
Just get some guns and Cheerios
Any kid can conquer Libya
Just steal a fighter plane
[Pre-Chorus]
Look who came home in a wheelchair
V.A. hospital, they don't care
"We're the machine, you're just a tool"
Who fell for the myth of...
[Chorus]
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo the clown
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo the clown
[Chorus]
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo the clown
Rambozo, Rambozo
Rambozo
[Outro: Spoken]
"Hey, Rocky
Watch me pull a massacre out of my pants"
"Again?!"
Rambozo the Clown was written by Jello Biafra.
Rambozo the Clown was produced by Jello Biafra.