Talking Wwiii Blues
As Recorded By Sam Hodgson
(2025 Release)
Verse 1
Well I Just Keep Checking My Phone, And Now I′M Checking Again
For An Article That Says We've Gone To War With Iran
I Got The New York Times Hitting My Line
Feels Like Every Twenty Seconds With Another Theoretical
Bomb Drop, Or A Dead Cop
Or A Thesis On Believing Or A Killing That Won′T Stop
A Thirty-Thousand Pound Deterrent Stops The Research
And Ted Cruz Suddenly Turned Into A Preacher
So Go Call Linda Mcmahon
Miseducate The Population Quick As You Can
She'll Come Quicker If You Tell Her Something's Turning Kids Trans
Tell The Ayatollah That His Fate Is Squarely Out Of His Hands
Chorus
It Ain′T World War Iii, At Least Not Yet
But The Way That Things Are Headed I′
D Discourage You From Betting On It
Verse 2
And It's Gonna Be Hard To Tell Your
Children That The Country They′Re From
Is On The Right Side Of History When The Others Are Gone
When The Guy We Got Sitting On The White House Lawn
Is A Dictating, Race-Hating Bigot, Don't You Tell Him He′S Wrong
Chorus
And He's Not A King, At Least Not Yet
But The Way That Things Are Headed I′
D Discourage You From Betting On It
Verse 3
If You're Coming Home From Your Vacation, Stepping Off Of Your Flight
And You See A Man Approaching Covering All But His Eyes
You Better Hope You Caught Him In A Happy Mood Or You're White
′Cause Next He′Ll Take Your Kids And Cuff
Your Hands And He Won't Read You Your Rights
Chorus
And He Loves Jesus Christ, The Man From Ice
World War Iii′S On The Horizon And
I Reckon We Should Run For Our Lives
Yeah World War Iii's On The Horizon And
I Reckon We Should Fight For Our Lives
Verse 4
If You′Ve Got Designs On Deporting Scapegoats That Say
They're Pouring In Across The Border, Staying Too Long
But You′Re Having Trouble In Arresting And The People Are Protesting
And They're Saying What You're Doing′S So Goddamn Wrong
Then Remember Mass Destruction Is A Tool For
Deconstructing All The Laws That Are Holding You Back
And This Kind Of Thing′S Been Used Before To Justify An Oil War
That Happened Couple Years Ago Back In Iraq
Or It Could Have Been Afghanistan
Once You Went The Line Of Questioning
The Sons Of Bitches Started Gearing Up To Attack
Are You A Traitor, Do You Hate Our Democratic State
Debate Our Policies In Public Or Are You A Communist Rat?
Chorus
No Republicans Or Democrats
Will Have A Route For Fighting Back Once You Declare A National Crisis
Even Better, It's A Two-For-One
And I′D Expect When The War Is Done
We'll Have A Brand New Iranian Isis
Verse 5
I′M Trying To Keep My Head Above The
Water But The World Is Getting Hotter
While I'm Trying To Figure Out Who I Am
I Just Turned Twenty-Three And It Seems To Me
That Heading Off To War Doesn′T Make You A Man
So Now I Got A Theory And If Anyone Can Hear Me
Who Has Any Kind Of Proof That I'm Wrong
Speak Your Mind, Or Even Better, Write A Strongly-Worded Letter
My Address Is 1600 Pennsylvania, You Can Leave It On The Lawn
