Billy Bragg - Everywhere Lyrics
Dig in boys for an extended stayThose were the final orders to come down that dayWaiting to be saved in the philippinesYoull wait forever for the young marinesNow I believe to be here is rightBut I have to say Im scared tonightCrouching in this hole with a mouth full of sandWhat comes first the country or the manLook at those slanted eyes coming up over the hillCatching us by surprise, its time to kill or be killedOver here, over there, its the same everywhereA boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his homeAll my life I wanted to beAs clever and strong as my best friend leeWe grew up together along half moon bayLee was japanese, born in the usaWhen tommy was fighting jerry along the river seineMe and lee wanted to do the sameThen they bombed pearl harbour at the break of dayI was headed for these islands while lee was hauled awayThey said look at his slanted eyes, hes guilty as guilty can beSent here as enemy spies to sabatage the land of the freeI never got home, my platoon was never savedThat little fox hole became my island graveLee got out of jail but a prisoner he remainedTill he ended his own life to lose that ball and chainAnd they said oh little slanted eyes cant you forgive and forgetAnd he said, oh mr friendly ghostCan you catch water in a net?
