Martyn Joseph "How Did We End Up Here?"

[Filmed 2006]
At about 1:20 he actually starts the song... so, just be patient and have a listen. Fabulous song about the state of the world- wars,killing in the name of God and oil... lovely guitar playing. He opened for Ani Difranco in July and I ended up buying his CD, which I really like. I'm trying to spread the word ;) At the show I saw, he mentioned the lyric "think of all that oil revenue"... he threw in "I wish Zimbabwe had some of that oil, I tell you... " I can't seem to find the lyrics online, so I'll put a few stanzas here:

summit meetings, bottled water
secret briefings, infant slaughter
senate hearings, leather folders
absent weapons, brittle soldiers
how did we end up here?

hail the chief of hearts and minds
...(?) let's draw the blinds,
shaft the poor,
steal by stealth
at least Judas went and hung himself
how did we end up here?

we make the enemy confess
Jesus wearing battle dress
chain them up and make them crawl
bang his head upon the wall
salute the troops
grave concern
body bags, we never learn
why interrogate the soul?
if Dr Strangelove's in control (2 more years! woo hoo)

woe to us
woe to you
think of all the (oil) revenue
how did we end up here?

hunting, fishing, chopping logs
breeding(?) mad saliva dogs
planting questions from the floor
it's easy to defy the law
so, how did we end up here?
rigged elections,
weapons- they get blessed
hell, even satan's quite impressed
palaces, marble halls
every single empire falls
but, how did we end up here?

Chorus