This Is Baghdad Lyrics - Life Short Call Now - Bruce Cockburn

Everything's broken in the birthplace of law 

As Generation Two tries on his tragic flaw 

America's might under desert sun 

I saw her frightened eyes behind the muzzle of her gun 

Uranium dust and the smell of decay 

Sewage in the street where the kids run and play 

Not enough morphine and not enough gauze 

Firefight in darkness like snapping of jaws 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

You couldn't see the blast-the morning was bright- 

But some radiant energy flared up into the light 

Like the sky throwing its hands up in a horrified dismay 

Or the souls of the dead as they sped on their way 

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Carbombed and carjacked and kidnapped and shot 

How do you like it, this freedom we brought 

We packed all the ordnance but the thing we forgot 

Was a plan in case it didn't turn out quite like we thought 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

This is Baghdad 

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