I'VE GOT A BRIGHT RED
STICKER
ON THE BACK OF MY CAR
SAYS
UNITED STATES MARINES
AND YESTERDAY A LADY
IN A MINIVAN
HELD UP
HER MIDDLE FINGER
AT ME
DOES SHE THINK
SHE KNOWS
WHAT I STAND FOR
OR THE THINGS
THAT I BELIEVE
JUST BY LOOKIN'
AT A STICKER
FOR THE U.S. MARINES
ON THE BUMPER
OF MY SUV
SEE MY BROTHER CHRIS
HE'S BEEN IN
FOR MORE THAN
FOURTEEN YEARS NOW
OUR DAD WAS IN
THE NAVY
DURIN' VIETNAM
DID HIS DUTY
THEN HE GOT OUT
AND MY GRANDPA
EARNED
HIS PURPLE HEART
ON THE BEACH
OF NORMANDY
THAT'S WHY
I'VE GOT A STICKER
FOR THE U.S. MARINES
ON THE BUMPER
OF MY SUV
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT I WANT WAR
I'M NOT REPUBLICAN
OR DEMOCRAT
BUT I'VE GONE
ALL AROUND THIS
CRAZY WORLD
JUST TO TRY
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
AND YES I DO HAVE
QUESTIONS
I GET TO ASK THEM
BECAUSE I'M FREE
THAT'S WHY
I'VE GOT A STICKER
FOR THE U.S. MARINES
ON THE BUMPER
OF MY SUV
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN
TO HIROSHIMA
AND I'VE BEEN
TO THE DMZ
I'VE WALKED
ON THE SAND
IN BAGHDAD
STILL DON'T HAVE ALL
OF THE ANSWERS
I NEED
BUT I GUESS I
WANNA KNOW
WHERE SHE'S BEEN
BEFORE SHE JUDGES
AND GESTURES TO ME
'CAUSE SHE DON'T LIKE
MY STICKER
FOR THE U.S. MARINES
ON THE BUMPER
OF MY SUV
4 BAR
BREAK
SO I HOPE THAT LADY
IN HER MINIVAN
TURNS ON HER RADIO
AND HEARS THIS
FROM ME
AS SHE PICKS UP
HER KIDS
FROM THEIR
PRIVATE SCHOOL
AND DRIVES HOME
SAFELY
ON OUR CITY STREETS
OR TO THE BUILDING
WHERE HER
CHURCH GROUP MEETS
YEAH
THAT'S WHY
I'VE GOT A STICKER
FOR THE U.S. MARINES
ON THE BUMPER
OF MY SUV