"The Hummer or the Hybrid"
words and music by Kerry Stanley ©2005
It’s the Hummer or the hybrid when the rubber meets the road
Are you adding to the problem or subtracting from the load?
God knows we all support our troops and wish them safely home
But how well do you support them when you drive to work alone?
It wouldn’t hurt to take the bus or carpool ‘round the bend
Walking more won’t kill you; just the opposite my friend
Connect the dots, see the links, sort out wrong from right
In the way we live our daily lives and the wars we choose to fight.
Chorus:
Go down, slow down, burning all night long
Don’t roll the dice, think twice, don’t just go along
Big wheel rolling, rolling down the road
Is it adding to the problem or subtracting from the load?
The terrorists will hate us no matter what we do
So it’s clear we must defend ourselves, and that means me and you.
We mobilized the home front to put Hitler in his grave
Now we watch the war on MTV – have a drink – think, what a shame!
It’s not just for the oil that the dogs of war run out
No, they’re tracking all those weapons that Saddam left strewn about
There are millions dead and homeless in Rwanda and Sudan1
The dogs don’t prick their ears for these; there’s no oil in their land
Chorus
I’m glad the cowboy neocons speak straight to our Creator
That’s why they have no doubt we must shoot first, ask questions later
But the devil’s in the details, and the ghost’s in the machine
Our soldiers are all black and blue but the oil money’s green
So it’s the Hummer or the hybrid when the rubber meets the road
Are you adding to the problem or subtracting from the load?
Connect the dots, see the links, sort out wrong from right
In the way we live our daily lives and the wars we choose to fight.
Chorus
1Rwanda has a million dead, two million in Sudan.