Don't Get Me Started

We ran into trouble scamming for oil
 The whole Middle East is coming to a boil
 It's the Muslims and Kurds, Bedouin herds
 Palestinians and Arabs and Jews in the news
 It's too much to keep up with, it'll jangle your head
 The whole situation's running way in the red
 I said, "Don't get me started
 I'll like as not bend your ear
 Don't get me started
 I just wanna make one thing clear"
 I was born in America, and I'm proud of that fact
 I wish the rest of the world would get off our back
 But these slick politicians, man, you've got to admit
 Seems as crazy as bedbugs, and they don't give one whit
 About the man on the street with his back to the wall
 Who can't find a quarter for to make a phone call
 Meanwhile, back in Washington, the champagne will flow
 Tell that to the homeless man with nowhere to go
 I said, "Don't get me started
 I came into this bar to unwind
 Don't get me started
 I'll like as not speak my mind"
 The rich corporations have turned a deaf ear
 They don't care who goes hungry, they've made that much clear
 You see the trouble with people is we wanna believe
 But they can't turn a profit without tricks up their sleeves
 It's the roofers and truckers, the working class suckers
 The firemen and teachers, the soldiers and preachers
 Who shoulder the blows, it comes and it goes
 A six trillion dollar debt, you pay through the nose
 I said, "Don't get me started
 I'm a drag when I've had a few drinks
 And don't get me started
 I don't care what anyone thinks
 'Cause it makes me angry"
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 East Timor's genocide to the core
 The Indonesian legions come and give 'em what for
 When the Coalition Army doesn't come to your aid
 You might as well face it, there's no money to be made
 I had a dream last night, I was secretary of defense
 And I came to the conclusion, war doesn't make any sense, yeah
 But nobody heard me when I tried to rescind it
 There were too many people that just didn't want to end it
 I said, "Don't get me started
 You never know when I might stop
 Don't get me started
 We both need to just let this thing drop"
 Don't get me started
 Don't get me started, not now
 Don't get me started
 'Cause it makes me angry