how we're honky tonkin' in the US


there's more reasons to whisper than to holler out loud now
as the cold cup of water sits as though
the soldiers aren't lining up along the coast near Pakistan ..

yes,
on the verge of war we should explore new ways
in diplomacy and keep goin' with the comedy ..

things always seemed easier
when a group of birds chirped without
a prompt and every other animal can walk about naked
as our covered bodies try to uncover the truth
as October 1, 2001 America
is in a war against an idea
and a militant group of Islams that hate America
because we have the Social Security number ..

look,
the most gruesome battles ever waged have been in the name of a deity,
this battle is nothing new ..

though,
the human fallacy is that whatever deity you subscribe to,
taking out thousands of innocent folk because of an evil idea
doesn't shake the salt ..

it's walking the salt and having some civility ..

all about letting it down for insanity to squeeze through,
though Dr. King - Gandhi - and
that man in Tieneman square back in '89
would have to shake their neck muscles at this war going down now
in America ..