Sunday, August 13, 2006

C.I.'s Wanted In The Green Zone

C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
The invitations come in
C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
We all just want the war to end.

There's a fluffer e-mailing
Saying he's beyond criticism
There's a real reporter calling
"Make me laugh with a witticism."
There's a G.I. stationed in Baghdad saying
"It's worse than you know"
There's a friend in the Air Force swearing
"The whole thing's 'bout to blow."

C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
The invitations come in
C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
We all just want the war to end.

There's a fluffer e-mailing
To whine some again
There's a Natioanl Guard reserve
Wondering when it's going to end
There's an embassy employee
Who just tries to smile
Says "I can forget where I am
for at least a little while."

C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
The invitations come in
C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
And we all just want the war to end.

There's a fluffer e-mailing
With a whine and a pout
There's a medic in Iraq
Thinking 'bout checking out
There's a woman
Who only signed up for tuition
There's a back door draft victim
Who just wants to be home fishin'

C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
The invitations come in
C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
We all just want the war to end.

There's a fluffer e-mailing
Who thinks it's all about him
He paints pretty word pictures
While all around it's grim.
He points with pride to a single sentence
From every press release filed
It's just so unfair, he thinks,
That's he so reviled.

C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
The invitations come in
C.I.'s wanted in the Green Zone
We all just want the war to end
And we all just want the war to end
Maybe not the fluffer
But the rest of us
We all just want the war to end.

[Note: All items in quotes, direct quotes. Two fluffers have been merged into one but all events portrayed are accurate.]
[C.I. Note: added Monday, August 14th. Susan, community member and music lover, noted that the above could be sung to "Cactus Tree." That is correct. "Cactus Tree," written by Joni Mitchell, is available on, among other albums, Mitchell's Song to a Seagull.]