Sixteen Military Wives by the Decemberists

[pstans]

Run time: 04:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK3Ce9md96g   Posted on YouTube: January 21, 2006 By YouTube Member: clarkwgris Views on YouTube: 889016   Posted on DU: January 02, 2007 By DU Member: pstans Views on DU: 657

 
Fitting song after the 3,000 US Soldier died. Here are the lyrics...

Sixteen military wives
Thirty-two softly focused, brightly-colored eyes
Staring at the natural tan
Of thirty-two gently clenching, wrinkled little hands

Seventeen company men
Out of which only twelve will make it back again
Sergeant sends a letter to five military wives
His tears drip down from ten little eyes

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can
And America can't say no
And America does
If America says it's so
It's so
And the anchorperson on t.v.
Goes la-di-da-di-da

Fifteen celebrity minds
Leading their fifteen sordid, wretched, checkered lives
Will they find their solution in time?
Using fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds

Eighteen academy chairs
Out of which only seven really even care
Doling out a garland to five celebrity minds
They're humbly taken by surprise

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can
And America can't say no
And America does
If America says it's so
It's so
And the anchorperson on t.v.
Goes la-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da
La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da

Fourteen cannibal kings
Wondering blithely what the dinner bell will bring
Fifteen celebrity minds
Served in a leafy bed of sixteen military wives

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can
And America can't say no
And America does
If America says it's so
It's so
And the anchorperson on t.v.
Goes la-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da
La-di-da-di-da-didi-didi-da

[hippiechick]

1. Nice skewer of our entire culture, actually.

They nail everyone - military, corporatists, liberals, celebrities ...

I adore Colin Meloy's lyrics & his wit.

[peacebaby3]

2. The reporter in this video looks like Viggo Mortensen. I'm not sure

but it sure looks a lot like him. Anybody know?