We're the USA 

                  

                                    See the pyramid there in the aisle;
                                    See those naked Arabs in a pile.
                                    Just remember, people, all the while,
                                    We're the USA.

                                    From Indonesia to beyond Algiers,
                                    We'll show off our Muslim souvenirs.
                                    This reminds me of those Viet Cong ears.
                                    We're the USA.

                                    Where would you be without us?
                                    Maybe we'll invade you, too--and you.

                                    We can make the world a better place,
                                    Putting evildoers in their place,
                                    Or just giving Israel living space.
                                    We're the USA.

                                    David Martin

                                     To the tune of Patti Page's "You Belong to Me,"

                  covered by Jo StaffordThe DupreesCarla Bruni,

        Chang Jae In, and many others.

                                                                             

        Hear “We’re the USA” performed in the style of Dean Martin

        by Buelahman.

 

        See also "Power-lust and President Bush."

 

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