(Steve Earle)
I'm just an American boy raised on MTV
And I've seen all those kids in the soda pop ads
But none of 'em looked like me
So I started lookin' around for a light out of the dim
And the first thing I heard that made sense was the word
Of Mohammed, peace be upon him
chorus:
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
There is no God but God
If my daddy could see me now – chains around my feet
He don't understand that sometimes a man
Has got to fight for what he believes
And I believe God is great, all praise due to him
And if I should die, I'll rise up to the sky
Just like Jesus, peace be upon him
chorus
We came to fight the Jihad and our hearts were pure and strong
As death filled the air, we all offered up prayers
And prepared for our martyrdom
But Allah had some other plan, some secret not revealed
Now they're draggin' me back with my head in a sack
To the land of the infidel
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
The lyrics JOHN WALKER'S BLUES of STEVE EARLE is also present in the album Jerusalem (2002)
Steve Earle è un cantautore, musicista e attore statunitense nato a Texas nel 1955. Considerato uno dei più importanti cantautori del folk rock americano, Earle ha una carriera di oltre quarant'anni caratterizzata da un sound che fonde country, blues, rock e punk. Le sue canzoni spesso trattano temi sociali come la povertà, la giustizia sociale e le lotte degli oppressi. Tra i suoi album più noti figurano "Guitar Town" (1986), "Copperhead Road" (1988) e "The Hard Way" (2009). Earle è anche un attore di successo, con ruoli in film come "The Apostle" (1997) e "Walled In" (2008). Tra i suoi brani più rappresentativi ricordiamo "Copperhead Road", "Guitar Town", "Ellis Unit One" e "I Feel Alright".
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