If I Had a Rocket Launcher: RAI with Bruce Cockburn (1/9) – Everything Law and Order Blog

Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn speaks with host Paul Jay about his memoir Rumors of Glory, and how growing up in Cold War-era Canada affected his understanding of community. Watch the full nine part interview series with Bruce Cockburn on YouTube at https://bit.ly/2XksiHO or The Real News at https://bit.ly/30SMiU6

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5 thoughts on “If I Had a Rocket Launcher: RAI with Bruce Cockburn (1/9)”
  1. There was a time in the world, when Anarchists far out numbered communists but, when speaking about the left, Anarchist's great contributions are never mentioned. The propaganda has worked.

  2. Lyrics from "If I had a Rocket Launcher":

    Here comes the helicopter, second time today
    Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
    How many kids they've murdered only God can say, hey
    If I had a rocket launcher, if I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher, I'd make somebody pay

    I don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hate
    I don't believe in generals or their stinking torture states
    And when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate
    If I had a rocket launcher, if I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher, I would retaliate

    On the Rio Lacantun, one hundred thousand wait
    To fall down from starvation, or some less humane fate
    Cry for Guatemala, with a corpse in every gate
    If I had a rocket launcher, if I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher, I would not hesitate

    I want to raise every voice, at least I've got to try
    Every time I think about it water rises to my eyes.
    Situation desperate, echoes of the victims cry
    If I had a rocket launcher, if I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher, some son of a bitch would die

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