Early one evenin’ the moon was shinin’, I was drivin’ drinkin from my cup Wond’rin if we’d changed at all Or if were gonna blow each other up -—- Here folks are sain’ the war is worse now And it sure was gonna be rough They never did like the original plan Rumsfield’s budget wasn’t big enough -—- And we were all standin’ on the side of the fence Rain fallin’ on our nose Heading for the Eve of D, Lord knows we’ve paid much more and what for? Tangled up in war -—- We liberated them from Saddam, Let nature take its course We helped them out of a jam, I guess, But we used a little too much force -—- We chaised the terrorist as far as we could Lots of help from the east and west Split up when we started the fight All agreeing it was for the best -—- Our children turn around to look at us They see right through the snow Its all a bunch of paranoia, We really don’t know, what’s in store, Tangled up in war -—- We learned about the tortured ones Surely all weren’t terrororist? Soldiers, dads and sons, Not our country at its best -—- So why aren’t we working to stop this thing? We all should be so employed We’ve gotta stop this from escalatin’ future wars we can avoid -—- Generals read your history The past is close behind There is nothing gained from torturing Don’t let it escape your mind, and I deplore being tangled up war -—-

He is workin’ in a ugly place And his order’s weren’t all that clear he shot a little girl in the face spooked by a sudden noise in fear -—- And later on the crowd found out And chaised him down the street She was standing there as a ghost crying “stop” as the mob they beat -—- He stood with her on his last breath She forgave him for his mistake, They drifted off, hand in hand I guess, Funny how the good the angles take, looking for, those tangled up in war

And now Iran wants to make a big noise they too want nuclear power Peace used to be all the rage, Now its mushrooms not the flower -—- Then I listened to a song from the sixties played it on my CD it was written by Bob Dylan In the twentieth century -—- And every one of his words rang true it was good ole rock and roll He was only tangled up in blue But it was written in our soul, brace yourself for being tangled up in war

A saw the moview “V for Vendetta” In a basement down the stairs Dominoes as a non-violent way to fight And revolution in the air -—- Its not about blowing things up To try to make a change Its about the balancing of justice Even though it seems kinda strange -—- And when the final news gets out And we become withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Is to keep on searching for the answer for, being tangled up in war

So now Im goin to try again I got to help make it right somehow All the people we want to know Its an illusion to them now -—- Some are mathematicians Some are politicans wives Don’t know how it all got started I don’t know what they do with their lives -—- But me, I’m still in my brain Hopin’ for a better day We always did feel the same I know that I won’t hold still for, being tangled up in war

— Chuck Jordan A Tribute to Bob Dylan’s Tangled

I’m pissed they killed John I know who it was The skulls in the dark Making war on the human race But John got an egg An egg from space Uri has it now Nanu Nanu Mini Mork

— Chuck