Story Behind The Song

The unlawful War with Iraq.

Lyrics

A Man with a Vision
Words and Music by Tom Terrill

?Was a man with a vision
Told us all what was best
And we made a decision
For the Fate of the West

?With all our little toys
Let?s make a little noise
Saddam, he?s gotta go
We?ll have a lovely show
And then we?ll move on
We just gotta move on?

Then we tapped our relations
For more strength and resolve
Then the man grew impatient
Said he?d had the last straw

?Let?s take ?em down in stride
For their moral suicide
Let?s pin ?em to the wall
His people love us all
And then we?ll move on
We just gotta move on?

Will it echo through the corridors
Of history?s Darkest Days
Is it the ending of the Rise
And now the Fall?

Was it worth the lives of love ones lost
On both sides of the fight
Was it worth an oily death
Late in some hall
?Cause we gotta move on?

Now we?re torturing prisoners
And we?re wire-tapping friends
And the man tries to tell us
It?s a means to an end
But a means to what end?
When will it end?
We gotta move on
We?ve just gotta move on