David Rovics - Promised Land lyrics

Life could've been different You think I don't know I could've been born in Paris Or in the Wisconsin snow But I'm from this desert And here I will stand And I will meet you in the promised land You know I went to college To be an engineer Thought I'd do something useful But what good is that here When your jet fighters bomb Any buildings that stand I will meet you in the promised land The life of the fighter I didn't choose But I love my people And I can follow your cues If destroying our world Is your leader's command Then I will meet you in the promised land My name is Mohamed But I don't know if it's true If we go anyplace better When our life here is through But you have butchered my family You must understand So I will meet you in the promised land I know it's not pretty But for all that you've done For all the widows and orphans And all the wars that you've won I must teach you a lesson Maybe you'll understand I will meet you in the promised land So I will get in this plane And when it's in the air To your symbols of power And our source of despair I'll look out through the co*kpit And steady my hand And I will meet you in the promised land