Robert Cray Sings About the Iraq War

[aaronbees]

Run time: 07:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY4JlbC6wQE   Posted on YouTube: February 09, 2006 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 23, 2008 By DU Member: aaronbees Views on DU: 913

 
I think I posted this about a year ago ... but I think it's a good song to listen to now and again .... especially as we near 4,000 U.S. troops dead. It's great blues, isn't it?

"They call this a war on terror, I see a lot of civilians dying."

[graywarrior]

1. The guy in that video is Aiden Delgato from Sarasota FL

[aaronbees]

3. That's a great pic, Graywarrior

I didn't know he'd witnessed war crimes in Iraq.

http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/global/pr_adelgado.html

[graywarrior]

7. First time I met him was at New College in Sarasota during the 2004 elections

He is an amazing guy.

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Thanks for posting

I learned this song about a year ago, but I need to work on it some more. One of Robert Cray's most haunting songs.

[aaronbees]

4. Haunting is an apt description for the song

Never fails to make me cry.

[Dudley_DUright]

5. The song is "Twenty" by Robert Cray

Here are the lyrics:

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
Mother dry your eyes, there's no need to cry
I'm not a boy, it's what I signed up for

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
I can't take the heat, and I hardly sleep anymore
What'd we come here for

Standing out here in the desert
Trying to protect an oil line
I'd really like to do my job but
This ain't the country that I had in mind
They call this a war on terror
I see a lot of civilians dying
Mothers, sons, fathers and daughters
Not to mention some friends of mine
Some friends of mine

Was supposed to leave last week
Promises they don't keep anymore
Got to fight the rich man's war

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
Late in 2004
Comes a knock at the door
It's no surprise
Mother dry your eyes

Mother don't you cry, no, no
Someone told you a lie
Yes they did, why
Mother don't you cry, oh no
Mother don't you cry

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier

http://www.lyricsspot.com/robert+cray-twenty-lyrics-858942.html

[Texifornia]

6. Too many dismiss the costs

of this travesty.

Five long years of death upon death, suffering heaped upon suffering to no benefit other than lining the pockets of the already insanely wealthy.

This is why we must END THE MINDSET that got us here.

Robert Cray gives an injection of reality right to the heart.

[aaronbees]

8. We'll be paying those costs ...

for a long, long time. It's a poignant song, particularly today.

[Krashkopf]

9. WOW!

I added "Twenty" to my Pandora.com and am listening to the live version of the song as we speak!

Who says there is no good anti-war music coming out of this war?! Too bad there is no radio station with the BALLS to play it!