Powerful, live performance of a song about illegal wars from Reagan to Bush
Blood Red
Blood Red—Cities' sinking sun
Blood Red—Beaches' blazing sand
Blood Red—The chance for life's own pleasure
Slipping through a dying child's hand
Blood Red—Dwellings of the village
Blood Red—Burning walls through which they search
Blood Red—The school-house and the nursery
Blood Red—The bombed out rubble of the church
Blood Red—Our money bought the bullets
Blood Red—Our leaders aimed the gun
Blood Red—Our silence pulled the trigger
Now, look at what we've won—
Take a look at what we've done!
Blood Red—Gunboats in the harbour
Blood Red—Helicopter sound
Blood Red—Flesh to flames ignited
Blood Red—The bursting bombs that break the ground
Blood Red—Inflammatory headlines
Blood Red—The TV nightly news
Blood Red—Montage of people dying
Between the ads for buying women's shoes
And chewing gum sold by patriotic yachting crews
Blood Red—Our money bought the bullets
Blood Red—Our silence dropped the bombs
Blood Red—Our teachers hide from history
Blood Red TV preachers read us psalms
Greedy TV preachers grease their palms
Blood Red—Harvest from the field
Blood Red—Groceries on our shelves
Blood Red—The decent rate of profit
Blood Red—The deadly lies we tell ourselves
Blood Red—Our money buys the bullets
Blood Red—Rocket stockpiles and poison gas
Blood Red—Button to blow the world away
Blood Red—Our silence helped these come to pass
Blood Red—Our money buys the bullets
Blood Red—Our leaders aim the gun
Blood Red—Our silence pulls the trigger
Now, look at what we've won—
Take a look at what we've done!
©1988 Tim McMullen All Rights Reserved
