Everywhere Lyrics - Singles - Billy Bragg

Dig in boys for an extended stay 

Those were the final orders to come down that day 

Waiting to be saved in the Philippines 

You'll wait forever for the young Marines 

Now I believe to be here is right 

But I have to say I'm scared tonight 

Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand 

What comes first the country or the man 

Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill 

Catching us by surprise, it's time to kill or be killed 

Over here, over there, it's the same everywhere 

A boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his home 

All my life I wanted to be 

As clever and strong as my best friend Lee 

We grew up together along Half Moon Bay 

Lee was Japanese, born in the USA 

When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine 

Me and Lee wanted to do the same 

Then they bombed Pearl Harbor at the break of day 

I was headed for these islands while Lee was hauled away 

They said look at his slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be 

Sent here as enemy spies to sabotage the Land of the Free 

I never got home, my platoon was never saved 

That little fox hole became my island grave 

Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained 

Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain 

And they said Oh Little Slanted Eyes can't you forgive and forget 

And he said, Oh Mr Friendly Ghost 

Can you catch water in a net?