This is Baghdad

Everything's broken in the birthplace of law

As Generation Two tries on his tragic flaw

America's might under desert sun

I saw her frightened eyes behind the muzzle of her gun

Uranium dust and the smell of decay

Sewage in the street where the kids run and play

Not enough morphine and not enough gauze

Firefight in darkness like snapping of jaws

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

You couldn't see the blast-the morning was bright

But some radiant energy flared up into the light

Like the sky throwing its hands up in a horrified dismay

Or the souls of the dead as they sped on their way

Carbombed and carjacked and kidnapped and shot

How do you like it, this freedom we brought

We packed all the ordnance but the thing we forgot

Was a plan in case it didn't turn out quite like we thought

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad

This is Baghdad