Bruce Cockburn - This Is Baghdad lyrics

Everything's broken in the birthplace of law As Generation Two tries on his tragic flaw America's might under desert sun I saw her frightened eyes behind the muzzle of her gun Uranium dust and the smell of decay Sewage in the street where the kids run and play Not enough morphine and not enough gauze Firefight in darkness like snapping of jaws This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad You couldn't see the blast-the morning was bright- But some radiant energy flared up into the light Like the sky throwing its hands up in a horrified dismay Or the souls of the dead as they sped on their way Carbombed and carjacked and kidnapped and shot How do you like it, this freedom we brought We packed all the ordnance but the thing we forgot Was a plan in case it didn't turn out quite like we thought This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad This is Baghdad