Annie

There hadn’t been much happenin’ in the news that day

Not much o’ nothin’ on TV

Not big on Yankee baseball, I’m afraid to say

Enron didn’t hardly interest me

I changed the channel and went on up to bed

Left the phone in silent mode

Woke up next afternoon, the voicemail says

“Where the goddamn hell you been? There’s three thousand dead!”

And Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

Does anybody know what’s goin’ on?

Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

The Trade Center’s gone, Trade Center’s gone

I never thought much of the younger Bush

He never seemed to have a clue

He sat there smilin’ with that children’s book

While they decided what to do

No one could find ‘im 'til that big blue plane

Set down at Offutt AFB

We’ve all seen worse now, but his name’s still mud

For goin’ down that rabbit hole while Arafat gave blood

And Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

Does anybody know what’s goin’ on?

Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

Trade Center’s gone, Trade Center’s gone

Now they tell us how he found his feet

Standin’ in the rubble of the towers

Who of us can name the one who wrote that speech

Loaned him the words to seize the hour

He laid the blame on Saddam Hussein

You’d a thought we might o’ learned

He sat with Prince Bandar, both enjoyed a fine cigar

On the White House Truman Balcony while the Pentagon still burned

Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore

Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

I guess we’re goin’ to war

I guess we’re goin’ to war

Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

Does anybody know what’s goin’ on?

Annie, what you doin’ in Nebraska?

Trade Center’s gone, Trade Center’s gone

The Trade Center’s gone