Talking Wwiii BluesAs Recorded By Sam Hodgson(2025 Release)Verse 1Well I Just Keep Checking My Phone, And Now I′M Checking AgainFor An Article That Says We've Gone To War With IranI Got The New York Times Hitting My LineFeels Like Every Twenty Seconds With Another TheoreticalBomb Drop, Or A Dead CopOr A Thesis On Believing Or A Killing That Won′T StopA Thirty-Thousand Pound Deterrent Stops The ResearchAnd Ted Cruz Suddenly Turned Into A PreacherSo Go Call Linda McmahonMiseducate The Population Quick As You CanShe'll Come Quicker If You Tell Her Something's Turning Kids TransTell The Ayatollah That His Fate Is Squarely Out Of His HandsChorusIt Ain′T World War Iii, At Least Not YetBut The Way That Things Are Headed I′D Discourage You From Betting On ItVerse 2And It's Gonna Be Hard To Tell YourChildren That The Country They′Re FromIs On The Right Side Of History When The Others Are GoneWhen The Guy We Got Sitting On The White House LawnIs A Dictating, Race-Hating Bigot, Don't You Tell Him He′S WrongChorusAnd He's Not A King, At Least Not YetBut The Way That Things Are Headed I′D Discourage You From Betting On ItVerse 3If You're Coming Home From Your Vacation, Stepping Off Of Your FlightAnd You See A Man Approaching Covering All But His EyesYou Better Hope You Caught Him In A Happy Mood Or You're White′Cause Next He′Ll Take Your Kids And CuffYour Hands And He Won't Read You Your RightsChorusAnd He Loves Jesus Christ, The Man From IceWorld War Iii′S On The Horizon AndI Reckon We Should Run For Our LivesYeah World War Iii's On The Horizon AndI Reckon We Should Fight For Our LivesVerse 4If You′Ve Got Designs On Deporting Scapegoats That SayThey're Pouring In Across The Border, Staying Too LongBut You′Re Having Trouble In Arresting And The People Are ProtestingAnd They're Saying What You're Doing′S So Goddamn WrongThen Remember Mass Destruction Is A Tool ForDeconstructing All The Laws That Are Holding You BackAnd This Kind Of Thing′S Been Used Before To Justify An Oil WarThat Happened Couple Years Ago Back In IraqOr It Could Have Been AfghanistanOnce You Went The Line Of QuestioningThe Sons Of Bitches Started Gearing Up To AttackAre You A Traitor, Do You Hate Our Democratic StateDebate Our Policies In Public Or Are You A Communist Rat?ChorusNo Republicans Or DemocratsWill Have A Route For Fighting Back Once You Declare A National CrisisEven Better, It's A Two-For-OneAnd I′D Expect When The War Is DoneWe'll Have A Brand New Iranian IsisVerse 5I′M Trying To Keep My Head Above TheWater But The World Is Getting HotterWhile I'm Trying To Figure Out Who I AmI Just Turned Twenty-Three And It Seems To MeThat Heading Off To War Doesn′T Make You A ManSo Now I Got A Theory And If Anyone Can Hear MeWho Has Any Kind Of Proof That I'm WrongSpeak Your Mind, Or Even Better, Write A Strongly-Worded LetterMy Address Is 1600 Pennsylvania, You Can Leave It On The Lawn
