Well,
I’ve heard that other countries are down on the US,
to be down on: to be angry with
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sound: God Bless My SUV.mp3
A land of mass consumption, our lives filled with excess.
But my daddy wasn’t fightin’ on Normandy that day
For the right to drive a Hyundai, I refuse to live that way.
And I’m proud to be an American who gets just 5 mpg.
mpg: miles per gallon
Though I live alone, the car I own can seat 103.
And I gladly park so close to you when you pull out you can’t see.
No, I’ll never trade my Escalade, God bless my SUV.
Escalade: SUV built by
Cadillac
Well,
the road may have congestion, but, hey, I’ll get there alive.
So don’t pester me with questions like “What would Gandhi drive?”*
to pester: to annoy sb.(repeatedly)
And you
won’t catch me in Starbucks, if I need a drink or snack,
When I bought this ship she came equipped with a Starbucks in the back.
And I’m proud to be an American with a car that fits my rear,
rear: “Hintern”
The cash I put down could have fed a town in Somalia for a year.
I gladly go and fight for Don people who [‘s?] at war with me
Don:
Donald Rumsfeld
You’ll be stuck in mud when he sends his Scud
But not my SUV.
from “Between Iraq and a Hard Place” (2002/2003) [MPEG/download, streaming: www.capsteps.com ]
*cf. the campaign “WHAT CAR WOULD JESUS DRIVE?” [ www.whatwouldjesusdrive.org ]
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