"Here comes the helicopter
second time today
everybody scatters and hopes it goes away,
how many kids they murdered
only God can say
(if I had a rocket launcher....I'd make somebody pay)
I don't believe in guarded borders
and I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals
or their stinking tortured 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 lacant'un
one hundred thousand wait
to fall down from starvation
or some less human 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)
"If I Had A Rocket Launcher" Bruce Cockburn
second time today
everybody scatters and hopes it goes away,
how many kids they murdered
only God can say
(if I had a rocket launcher....I'd make somebody pay)
I don't believe in guarded borders
and I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals
or their stinking tortured 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 lacant'un
one hundred thousand wait
to fall down from starvation
or some less human 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)
"If I Had A Rocket Launcher" Bruce Cockburn