irak and roll brother

[Alan Sondheim]

irak and roll brother


i am a rock and roller
i live in east berlin
i knew heiner muller
he and christa lived in sin

i raged against the art machine
irak was on the run
and heiner screamed, was never mean
he killed bush with a gun

the barrel's hot, it's all we've got
down at the barricade
but heiner's down and christa's down
a fucking hand-grenade

we won't live to see the fall
of one wall or another
and unity's another lie
and christa's not our mother

brother heiner come home from the war
and help this rock and roll brother
christa and i can't take any more
and irak and roll brother
and irak and roll brother

and christa and i can't take any more
and irak and roll brother

and christa and i can't take any more
and irak and roll brother

irak and roll brother
irak and roll brother

and christa and i can't take any more
and irak and roll brother



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