Talkin' Al Kida Blues

Lyrics

It was a beautiful day in New York town
 Folks jogging, biking, walking 'round
 When a couple of airplanes came around
 Hit the big towers, knocked 'em down
 Worst disaster on US soil ever!
 'Course, there's the Indians...
 A few million slaves...
 Enron...
 But anyway, it was worse than Pearl Harbor
 President W. was flying around
 Far away from New York town
 When finally he came on TV
 He said "Why do they hate us? -- 'cause we're free."
 Free to round up dark-skinned bearded guys...
 Free to detain anyone who might have ties to Osama...
 Al Qaida...
 Somewhere in Cleveland there's some guy named Al Kida
 K - I - D - A...
 He's freaking out
 Congress quickly rang the bell
 And tried to fight those terrorist cells
 With laws designed to never let
 This country fall to a terrorist threat
 Anyone who knows anyone who knows anyone
 Who knows anyone who knows anyone who knows anyone
 Who might knows a terrorist
 Is a terrorist
 There's terrorists using your email name
 Sitting next to you at the ballgame
 Terrorists hiding in your bed
 Terrorists borrowing your head
 Never seen so many terrorists
 I had to turn in my own Mom
 You know what they say
 Unpaid parking tickets aids terrorists
 There's laws for this and laws for that
 To keep those terrorists under wraps
 Some folks disagree with these
 And talk of civil liberties
 But it's like the Attorney General says
 If in times like this you can talk about individual freedom
 You're probably a terrorist
 If you're planning air travel soon
 You might want to think about a weather balloon
 Nothing gets past those X-Ray peekers
 And don't carry nothing in your sneakers
 Sorry for all the delays
 If you want to get there so dang fast you oughta take the train
 "I have never been so insulted"
 "Shut up, Dale."
 Well India and Pakistan
 Are thinking of trading nuclear bombs
 Israel and the PLO
 Suicide's the way to go
 Meanwhile the lessons of 9-1-1 are clear
 Let's blow up the Middle East
 Smoking marijuana aids terrorists
 Cuba's our enemy unless we need a prison camp
 John Walker Lindh could be your kid unless we get an economic stimulus package
 And let's get that guy in Cleveland - AL KIDA!

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Duration
04:21
Key
7
Tempo
109 BPM

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