Bringing Mae Flowers

The war machine is gearing up

turning soldiers into dollars.

Lives are cheap in the land of the free,

and politicians love good martyrs. 

Invasions cost the price of boots

and blood on foreign soil.

What are soldiers’ lives and civilian deaths

when it comes to premium oil?

They sell our souls to invest in war

for it’s the American way.

When it’s not their lives on the line,

it’s an easy price to pay.