Songs for Peace

By John Kasper
www.garageband.com

Don’t think twice

Don’t think twice, about the life you lead
Must be nice, that someone else will bleed
Fear is all around, terrors on the rise
The stars and stripes a waving fills our patriotic hearts with pride
Don’t think twice

Don’t think twice, about the wars we wage
Don’t compromise, no that’s a big mistake
Freedom’s on the march, God is on our side
Be sure to say a prayer for those courageous souls we’ve sacrificed
Don’t think twice

Don’t think twice, about the lives we take
Wrong or right, it’s got to be our way
So that we may live, thousands have to die
Say the pledge and tell yourself that we were surely justified
Don’t think twice

Don’t think twice, it isn’t up to you
Close your mind; pretend it’s just not true
These colors never run; we’re not afraid to fight
Especially if someone else is gonna have to pay the price
Don’t think twice

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Conspiracy of silence

Disturbing visions of flag- covered coffins each day
United we stand while they're warring our future away
The spin doctors dance while our young men continue to die
All for the sake of the corporate American pie

It's a conspiracy of silence and it's breaking us down
In a conspiracy of silence the truth won’t be found

The president seems to have dangerous thoughts in his head
His war-minded handlers are pushing him over the edge
Protecting the interests of all their industrial friends
The sins of the father repeating all over again

It's a conspiracy of silence and it's holding us down
In a conspiracy of silence the truth can't be found

Remind us again how September eleventh will justify all of your Unjustifiable wars

It's time we demanded they answer the questions they've dodged
And make them give back to us all of the freedoms they've robbed
The seeds of big brother have started to take root and spread
And if we don't rise up we'll find our democracy's dead

It's a conspiracy of silence and it's keeping us down
In a conspiracy of silence the truth can't be found
It's a conspiracy of silence and it's tearing us down
In a conspiracy of silence…

We're the Enemy

I'm tired of hatred I'm tired of war
I'm tired of killing when we're not quite sure what the killing is for
God bless America we're not to blame
Do you think if he cares when we kill in his name?

Land of the free Home of the brave a nation cries old glory waves
How many more will have to die? Until we open up our eyes
What will it take until we see?
We're the enemy

We pledge allegiance to corporate greed
We will kill for the right to control all the oil that we need
We will reap what we sow yes an eye for an eye
Will you think that it's right when it's your child that dies?

Land of the free Home of the brave a nation cries old glory waves
How many more will have to die? Until we open up our eyes
What will it take until we see?
We're the enemy

Do as we say not as we do
If you don't then the time will soon come when we're coming for you
If we're silent we're sinners we must take a stand
Or repeat the mistakes we made in Vietnam

Another time another place
A nation cried Old glory waved
Lessons learned forgotten fast from the not so distant past
What will it take until we see?

We're the enemy
We're the enemy
We're the enemy
We're the enemy