Body of War Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran movie - Light Up Ya Lighter lyrics

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Song by Michael Franti<br />

it never makes no sense

It never makes no sense

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

Armegedon is a deadly day

Armegedon is a deadly way

They're coming for you everyday

WHile senators on a holiday

The army recruiters in the parking lot

Hustling kids, they're juggling pot

"Listen young man, listen to my plan

Gonna make you money, gonna make you a man.

(bomb, bomb)

Here's what you get, an M16 and a kevlar vest

You might come home with one less leg but this thing will surely keep a bullet out your chest

So come on, come on, sign up, come on

This one's nothing like Vietnam

Except for the bullets, except for the bombs

Except for the youth that's gone"

So we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

Tell me president tell me if you will

How many people does a smart bomb kill?

How many of them do you think we got?

The general says we never miss shot

And we never ever ever keep a body count

We're killing so efficiently we can't keep count

In the afghan hills the rebels still fighting

Opium fields keep on providing

The best heroin that money can buy and

No body knows where Osama bin hiding

The press conferences keep on lying

Like we don't know

So we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So Mr engine, engine, number 9

Machine guns on a New York transit line

The war for oil is a war for the beast

the War on terror is a war on peace

Telling you they're gona protect you

Telling you that they support the troops and

Don't let 'em fool you with their milk and honey

No, they only want your money

One step forward and 2 step back

One step forward and 2 step back

Why do veterans get no respect

PTSD and a broken back

Take a look at where you money's gone (seen)

Take a look at what they spent it on

No excuses, no illusions

Light up your lighter, bring 'em home

So we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fireSo we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on, til you're coming home

higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up your lighter

Fire, fire, fire

Thanks to Stop war in iraq for correcting these lyrics