James McMurtry - Operation Never Mind lyrics

[Verse 1] We got an operation goin' on It don't have to trouble me and you The country boys will do the fighting Now that fighting's all a country boy can do We got a handle on it this time No one's gonna tell us we were wrong We won't let the cameras near the fighting That way we won't have another Vietnam [Chorus] No one knows, 'cause no one sees No one cares, 'cause no one knows No one knows, 'cause no one sees it on TV [Verse 2] She works a checkpoint in the city Choking on the gravel dust and smog She knows not to stop the black Suburban Those guys will run you down just like a dog The KBR man knows her trailer He hips her to some recon that he's found 'N' he'll be coming by for a late inspection And there'd best not be no soldier boy around [Chorus] No one knows, 'cause no one sees No one cares, 'cause no one knows No one knows, 'cause no one sees it on TV [Bridge] And don't they look just like on "SEAL Team" Lord don't they look the best When we trot them out at halftime or the seventh inning stretch They stand up in their uniforms and they help us sell the show Dying by their own hands for reasons we don't know [Verse 3] We got an operation going on It don't have to trouble you and me A KBR man cooks a T-bone A soldier's choking down an MRE We just go on about our business And drop the kids off at the mall And play the Black Ops on the laptop And don't make too big a fuss about it all [Chorus] No one knows, 'cause no one sees No one cares, 'cause no one knows No one knows, 'cause no one sees No one cares, 'cause no one knows No one knows, 'cause no one sees it on TV [Outro] We got an operation goin' on