Don't Get Me Started Lyrics - Rodney Crowell

We ran into trouble scamming for oil 

The whole Middle East is coming to a boil 

It's the Muslims and Kurds, Bedouin herds 

Palestinians and Arabs and Jews in the news 

It's too much to keep up with, it'll jangle your head 

The whole situation's running way in the red 

I said, don't get me started 

I'll like as not bend your ear 

Don't get me started 

I just wanna make one thing clear 

I was born in America and I'm proud of that fact 

I wish the rest of the world would get off our back 

But these slick politicians, man, you've got to admit 

Seems as crazy as bedbugs and they don't give one whit 

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About the man on the street with his back to the wall 

Who can't find a quarter for to make a phone call 

Meanwhile back in Washington, the champagne will flow 

Tell that to the homeless man with nowhere to go 

I said, don? t get me started 

I came into this bar to unwind 

Don? t get me started 

I? ll like as not speak my mind 

The rich corporations have turned a deaf ear 

They don? t care who goes hungry, they? ve made that much clear 

You see the trouble with people is we wanna believe 

But they can? t turn a profit without tricks up their sleeve 

It? s the roofers and truckers, the working class suckers 

The firemen and teachers, the soldiers and preachers 

Who shoulder the blows, it comes and it goes 

A six trillion dollar debt, you pay through the nose 

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I said, don? t get me started 

I? m a drag when I? ve had a few drinks 

And don? t get me started 

I don? t care what anyone thinks 

'Cause it makes me angry 

East Timor? s genocide to the core 

The Indonesian legions come and give 'em what for 

When the Coalition Army doesn't come to your aid 

You might as well face it, there? s no money to be made 

I had a dream last night, I was secretary of defense 

And I came to the conclusion, war doesn? t make any sense, yeah 

But nobody heard me when I tried to rescind it 

There were too many people that just didn? t want to end it 

I said, don? t get me started 

You never know when I might stop 

Don? t get me started 

We both need to just let this thing drop 

Don? t get me started 

Don? t get me started, not now 

Don? t get me started 

'Cause it make me angry