Rodney Crowell - Don't Get Me Started lyrics

rate me

We ran into trouble scamming for oil

The whole Middle East is coming to a boil

It's the Muslims and Kurds, Bedouin herds

Palestinians and Arabs and Jews in the news

It's too much to keep up with, it'll jangle your head

The whole situation's running way in the red

I said, don't get me started

I'll like as not bend your ear

Don't get me started

I just wanna make one thing clear

I was born in America and I'm proud of that fact

I wish the rest of the world would get off our back

But these slick politicians, man, you've got to admit

Seems as crazy as bedbugs and they don't give one whit

About the man on the street with his back to the wall

Who can't find a quarter for to make a phone call

Meanwhile back in Washington, the champagne will flow

Tell that to the homeless man with nowhere to go

I said, don't get me started

I came into this bar to unwind

Don't get me started

I'll like as not speak my mind

The rich corporations have turned a deaf ear

They don't care who goes hungry, they've made that much clear

You see the trouble with people is we wanna believe

But they can't turn a profit without tricks up their sleeve

It's the roofers and truckers, the working class suckers

The firemen and teachers, the soldiers and preachers

Who shoulder the blows, it comes and it goes

A six trillion dollar debt, you pay through the nose

I said, don't get me started

I'm a drag when I've had a few drinks

And don't get me started

I don't care what anyone thinks

'Cause it makes me angry

East Timor's genocide to the core

The Indonesian legions come and give 'em what for

When the Coalition Army doesn't come to your aid

You might as well face it, there's no money to be made

I had a dream last night, I was secretary of defense

And I came to the conclusion, war doesn't make any sense, yeah

But nobody heard me when I tried to rescind it

There were too many people that just didn't want to end it

I said, don't get me started

You never know when I might stop

Don't get me started

We both need to just let this thing drop

Don't get me started

Don't get me started, not now

Don't get me started

'Cause it make me angry