"If I Had A Rocket Launcher"

[Fred Sanders]

"Here comes the helicopter -- second time today
Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered only God can say
If I had a rocket launcher...I'd make somebody pay"




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"I don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliate

On the Rio Lacantun, one hundred thousand wait
To fall down from starvation -- or some less humane fate
Cry for guatemala, with a corpse in every gate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitate

I want to raise every voice -- at least I've got to try
Every time I think about it water rises to my eyes.
Situation desperate, echoes of the victims cry
If I had a rocket launcher...Some son of a bitch would die"

[HooptieWagon]

1. Good song, love Bruce Cockburn.

However, I think the context of the song is a bit different than current situation.

[Heidi]

2. Kick, kick, kick!

Along with "Call It Democracy," this is one of my favorite Cockburn songs.

[Out of Time Man]

3. This song always gives me chills.

Thanks for posting it!