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Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurdish people
Killed thousands in a single day
And twelve long years later
Uncle Sam said, "You can't treat your Kurds that way
And furthermore all Kurds are freedom fighters
Who'd resist this Iraqi tyranny"
So Uncle Sam will give them guns and maybe sometimes ammunition
So the brave Kurds can fight until they're free

I grew up in Lawrence, there by the water
In the shadow of a textile mill
Sometimes I feel just like that building
Empty but standing there still
I liked the President, I liked the union
I believed in the Rights of Man
So I signed up when it was time to fight Hitler
And they sent me off to Japan

When I came outta my momma, they cut the umbilical cord
I thought, Hey man, what're you doin'? And I let out a mighty roar
I got my first piercing when they stabbed me with a pin,
Pumped me full of something and hit me in the shin
Ever since that moment I've just been full of scorn
I've been a punk rock baby since the day that I was born

I got my first Mohawk at the age of one,

Civil disobedience
Has many permutations
You can block the streets in front of
The United Nations
You can lay down on the tracks
Keep the nuke trains out of town
Or you can pour gas on the condo
And you can burn it down

Everybody's wondering what they're gonna do
Everything's a mess and folks are feeling blue
If your troubles get you down so much you can't abide
Get on that bicycle and ride

(chorus)
Yeah, get on that bicycle and ride
'Neath the sunny skies or along the oceanside