Bruce Cockburn Burn Lyrics

Burn Lyrics

Look away across the bay

Yankee gunboat come this way

Uncle Sam
gonna save the day

Come tomorrow we all gonna pay... 



And
it's burn baby burn

When am I going to get my turn 



Something dead under the bed

Local diplomats hang their heads

Never mind what the government said

They're either lying or they've
been misled... 



And it's burn baby burn

When am I going to
get my turn 



Phillipines was yesterday

Santiago and Greece
today

How would they ever make the late news pay

If they didn't
have the CIA? 



And it's burn baby burn

When am I going to
get my turn 



Here it comes, the loaded gun

"Must keep the
Commies on the run"

You'd buy or bury everyone

For liberty and
life

And just plain fun 



And it's burn baby burn

When
am I going to get my turn