20th Century Song

20th Century started like every other one before
on the never ending quest for a more humane
cheaper way to wage war
got the radio and the car the aeroplanes and tanks
superbugs and poisonous gasses guaranteed
to thin the ranks ugly and messy but it works
so let it roll that well worn time proven
population control
had one big war to end it all somehow it didn't take
a complete meltdown rehearsal in Spain
the world regrouped and went at it again
built a couple of brand new bombs named them
H and A one hundred percent guaranteed
to blow every body away
hey nobody wants to kill themselves
runs contrary to the plan
the three super powers just messed with each other
in Korea and Viet Nam
meanwhile Jimmy Dean T boned out on a
wind swept stretch of Californ I A highway
then a million to one magic shot took out
the President J.F.K.
next the king of rock and roll O.Ds
a full fledged agent of the D.E.A.
and the rhythm of funk and the blues of punk
the country hip to the western hop
to rap it all up a crusade in the mid east desert
to start off the millennium
like every other one before into the 21st century
on the never ending quest for a more humane
and a cheaper way to wage war