Jefferson Pepper - Christmas In Fallujah lyrics

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It's Christmas in Fallujah, to the victors go the spoils<br />

We came to help the people, it's not about the oil<br />

I came here to Fallujah with presents in my sack<br />

I bring the gift of freedom through unprovoked attack<br />

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It's not the sound of reindeer up on your roof at night<br />

I'm comin' down your chimney with guns and blinding lights<br />

I've gotta take your husband and I'd like to tell you why<br />

But I can't speak your language, I'm too overwhelmed to try<br />

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But Uncle Sam made a list, he's checkin' it twice<br />

He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice<br />

But sometimes the names, they get mixed up<br />

If they get 'em right half the time that's close enough<br />

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It's Christmas in Fallujah, children snuggle in their beds<br />

While the corpses of their parents dance around in their heads<br />

Palaces and bridges, we burned them to the ground<br />

'Cause someone got a contract to rebuild the whole damned town<br />

It's Christmas in Fallujah, hear the bells begin to toll<br />

I'm sorry about your mother, she's somewhere down in the hole<br />

I came here to Fallujah to win your hearts and minds<br />

But when we bombed your building your family was inside<br />

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Don't blame it on us soldiers, we're only doing what we're told<br />

Never had a spoon of silver, now I've got a broken heart of gold<br />

And I'm going to have to live with all these nightmares that I've seen<br />

Never taught to know the difference between Osama and Hussein<br />

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But Uncle Sam made a list, he's checkin' it twice<br />

He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice<br />

But sometimes the names, they get mixed up<br />

If they get 'em right half the time that's close enough