Willie Nelson to Debut Anti-War Song at Kucinich Benefit Concert

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New Willie Nelson Song Condemns War in Iraq
Wed December 31, 2003 08:38 PM ET

DALLAS (Reuters) - Country music icon Willie Nelson has written a Christmas song with an edge -- a protest against the war in Iraq that he hopes will stir passions in those who hear it.

Nelson, 70, told Reuters on Wednesday he wrote "Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth" after watching the news on Christmas Day and will play it in Austin, Texas on Saturday at a concert to benefit Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.

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Nelson said his new song criticized the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq and those who thought it unpatriotic to speak out against the war.

The song opens with the line "How much oil is one human life worth?" and swings into the chorus: "Hell they won't lie to me/ Not on my own damn TV/ But how much is a liar's word worth/ And whatever happened to peace on earth?"

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4062675

Go Willie! :)

 
 
 

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Thats awesome!

It's really funny because Tony Keith actually just did a song with Willie, and lo and behold Toby Keith's opinion on the Iraq war changed!

Toby actually admitted he thought the Iraq war was a mistake.


Time to burn his CD's, and ban him from record playlists for speaking out against the president like a commie!

Willie Nelson and Toby Keith are both bigtime commies, right freepers? .....(sound of crickets churping)

[TrueAmerican]

2. Another link

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=D83ABA97-80BE-45F3-B410-928D4A2E3A00

[LWolf]

3. 3rd thread;

Great song, great news. We need a reminder thread tomorrow so that people can tune in online to hear the "premier!"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=42949

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?
az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=43295

And have a listen to another great song from Willie; "Jimmy's Road:"

http://www.mauimotionpicture.com/clients/willie/jimmysroad.mov