"Ball and Musket"
words and music by Kerry Stanley ©2004
If you want to get to Heaven on that some glad morning day
Then you better work for Justice while you’re down here in the clay
‘Cause the Prince of Peace is puzzled by this war in Allah’s name
Whether Christian, Jew, or Muslim it’s still killing just the same
Chorus:
Come down from the mountain, and roll across the plain
Blackened by the prairie fire, redeemed by the rain
Don’t tell the dead and wounded that their suffering is in vain
Is the truth still marching on?
Keep your lamp trimmed and burning, keep your hand on the plow
With your ball and your musket ready then ready now
God bless the men and women who bear arms and serve us well
God damn their false commander who sent them straight to hell
Chorus
Did we really think they’d greet us with their arms all open wide?
Just because we caught Saddam doesn’t mean we’re on their side
And when Christian men with rifles break down Muslim women’s doors
You’re recruiting for Al-Qaida, you’re starting the next war
Chorus
What’s done is done is over; where do we go from here?
Can all the children of the Book live in peace and without fear?
Or will we go on being foolish, invading foreign lands
To add the lessons of Iraq to those of Vietnam
Chorus (2x)