Rodney Crowell Don't Get Me Started Lyrics

We ran into trouble
scamming for oil
The whole middle east
is coming to a boil
It's the Muslims and Kurds,
Bedouin herds
Palestinians and Arabs
and Jews in the news
It's too much to keep up with,
it'll jangle you're head
And the whole situation's
running way in the red

Don't get me started
I'll like as not bend your ear
Don't get me started
I just want to make one thing clear

I was born in America
And I'm proud of that fact
I wish the rest of the world
would get off our back
But these slick politicians
Man you've got to admit
Seems as crazy as bedbugs
and they dont give one whit
About the man on the street
with his back to the wall
Who can't find a quarter
for to make a phone call
Meanwhile back in Washington
the champagne will flow
Tell that to the homeless man
with nowhere to go

Don't get me started
I came into this bar to unwind
Don't get me started
I'll like as not speak my mind

The rich corporations
have turned a deaf ear
They don't care who goes hungry
they've made that much clear
You see the trouble with people
Is we wanna believe
But they can't turn a profit
without tricks up their sleeve
It's the roofers and truckers,
the working class suckers
The firemen and teachers
the soldiers and preachers
Who shoulder the blows
It comes and it goes
A six trillion dollar debt
you pay through the nose

Don't get me started
I'm a drag when I've had a few drinks
Don't get me started
I don't care what anyone thinks
Cause it makes me angry

East Timor's genocide to the core
The Indonesian legion
come and give em' what for
When the Coalition Army
doesn't come to your aid
You might as well face it
there's no money to be made
I had a dream last night
I was secretary of defense
And I came to the conclusion
war doesn't make any sense, yeah
But nobody heard me
when I tried to rescind it
There were too many people
that just didn't want to end it

Don't get me started
You never know when I might stop
Don't get me started
We both need to just let this thing drop

Don't get me started
Don't get me started, not now
Don't get me started
Cause it make me angry