Standing at the window A farmer's wife in Oxfordshire Glances at the clock; It's nearly time for tea She doesn't see The phantom in the hedgerow dip its wings Doesn't hear the engine sing But in the cockpit's techno glow Behind the Ray Ban shine The kid from Cleveland In the comfort of routine Scans his dials and smiles Secure in the beauty of military life There is no right nor wrong Only tin cans and cordite and white cliffs And blue skies and flight, flight, flight
The beauty of military life No questions only orders and flight, only flight
What a beautiful sight in his wild blue dream The eternal child leafs through his war magazine And his kind Uncle Sam feeds ten trillion in change Into the total entertainment combat video game And up here in the stands The fans are going wild The cheerleaders flip When you wiggle your hip And we all like the bit when you take The jeans from the refrigerator and Then the bad guy gets hit
And were you struck by the satisfying way The swimsuit sticks to her skin Like BB gun days When knives pierce autumn leaves But that's okay see the children bleed It'll look great on the TV
And in Tripoli another ordinary wife Stares at the dripping her old man hadn't time to fix Too busy mixing politics and rhythm in the street below
[Various bits in Arabic:] Wife: And then what! Why don't you ever help me? You all the time leave me alone at home and go join your
fat friends in your endless useless discussions... I work for you and your family from dawn to dusk, and you don't give a damn! I badly need to rest, I just wish the devil's angel will soon come and take me with him...
Crowd: God is great; God is great; God is great... Death, death, death to the imperialists...
TV Commentator: ...his days are rarely spent at home....as for her, she stays alone, she stays alone at home... While all the men are out gathered at the square, she's left to loneliness and oblivion.