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To: maceng2 who wrote (972)	8/14/2006 10:02:41 PM
From: Ron	of 1695

If a highly trained pilot, flying a multimillion dollar bomber at 25,000 feet, drops ordinance that kills civilian families on the ground, we call him a brave hero. However if it's YOUR family that is wiped out on the ground, he is a terrorist. ---- 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 - - - Hark the wire service sing Clear the satellite link Check the fax machine Hold the lead story boys There's some great pictures coming in Now the pilot's heartbeat slows Palms dry out No questions only orders And the F-1 glides in nose-up Through the cloudbase and the ground crew cheers As he puts down his landing gear Hey boy you're a hero Take this cigar And back home in Cleveland All the papers and the local TV stations Will be calling your ma And the farmer's wife Shoos the cat off the chair She says sit down my dear Was the milking alright Our American friends are late home tonight __ Roger Waters- Late Home Tonight I and II rogerwatersonline.com

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