“Desert of Lies”
(Lyrics By Gerald Logan)
(Verse 1)
I’m bunkered down in the desert with my men,
Sand in my mouth, prayers on the wind.
Fighting a war we’ll never understand,
Trading young lives for a stranger’s hand.
(Chorus)
Bullets cut the silence, rockets burn the skies,
I whisper a prayer with tears in my eyes.
They say it’s for freedom, but I know the plan,
It’s oil in the ground, not the betterment of man.
And I just pray, Lord, help me survive,
In this desert of lies where too many die.
(Verse 2)
Letters from home smell of love and fear,
I hold them close just to feel her near.
But the suits back home, they’ll never bleed,
We’re just broken pawns for their endless greed.
(Chorus)
Bullets cut the silence, rockets burn the skies,
I whisper a prayer with tears in my eyes.
They say it’s for freedom, but I know the plan,
It’s oil in the ground, not the betterment of man.
And I just pray, Lord, help me survive,
In this desert of lies where too many die.
(Bridge)
What if the enemy looks just like me?
A father, a son with a family to feed.
We’re killing each other for a rich man’s dream,
While the truth is buried where no one will see.
(Chorus )
Bullets cut the silence, rockets burn the skies,
I whisper a prayer with tears in my eyes.
They say it’s for justice, but I see the scam,
We’re dying for profit, not the betterment of man.
And I just pray, Lord, keep my soul alive,
In this desert of lies where too many die.
(Outro)
If I don’t come home, tell my children the truth,
Their daddy’s life was stolen, his youth misused.
Not for freedom’s flag, but for money’s hand,
I died in a war I’ll never understand.
