from Booknotes

If Pancho Villa Had Been George W. Bush

Wake me up when September the Sixteenth ends,
I wanna be free
but I don’t want to see myself fighting.

Wake me up when the fighting’s over
I wanna be a hero
at the courage cost of zero.

I wanna join the National Guard,
I don’t wanna get my rear killed
in far off Viet Nam.

I want equal rights for campesinos
but only if they’re rich like me,
El Grito of the Rico!

Wake me up when September the Sixteenth ends,
I love freedom and democracy
as long as you fight in my place.