John Walker’s Blues Steve Earle

I'm just an American boy raised on MTV
And I've seen all the kids in the soda pop ads
But none of 'em looked like me
So I started lookin' around for a light out of the dim
And the first thing I heard that made sense was the word
Of Muhammad, peace be upon him

[Chorus]
Ashhadu la ilaha illa Allah
There's no god but God

If my daddy could see me now, chains around my feet
He don't understand that sometimes a man
Has got to fight for what he believes
And I believe God is great, all praise due to him
And if I should die, I'd rise up to the sky
Just like Jesus, peace be upon him

[Chorus]
Ashhadu la ilaha illa Allah
There's no god but God

We came to fight the Jihad and our hearts were pure and strong
And death filled the air, we all offered up prayers
And prepared for our martyrdom
Ah, but Allah had some other plan, some secret not revealed
Now they're draggin' me back
With my head in a sack to the land of the infidel