Me and Crippled Soldiers
1990 · Curb D2-77313 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Merle Haggard
- Title
- Me and Crippled Soldiers
- Release
- Blue Jungle / Me and Crippled Soldiers
- Year
- 1990
- Label
- Curb # D2-77313
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Merle Haggard
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Me and Crippled Soldiers (Haggard, Merle) Curb Records # NR-76846 Country music. Vietnam reference. On the album Blue Jungle (Curb Records # D2-77313) "In 1989, Haggard recorded a song, "Me and Crippled Soldiers Give a Damn", in response to the Supreme Court's decision to allow flag burning under the First Amendment. After CBS Records Nashville avoided releasing the song, Haggard bought his way out of the contract and signed with Curb Records, which was willing to release the song. Of the situation, Haggard commented, "I've never been a guy that can do what people told me...It's always been my nature to fight the system". (1) (2) Now that it's alright to burn the stars and stripes Yes, nobody really needs old Uncle Sam Might as well burn the bill of rights as well And let our country go straight to hell Only me and crippled soldiers give a damn Should they throw away their purple hearts and hide their uniforms And be proud to hear old glories on the ground Somebody said, they'd take us without firing a shot I don't know if they will or not But only me and crippled soldiers give a damn Has the holocaust been so long? Is Hitler really gone As we burn our only cause for Vietnam?…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 6 April 1937, Oildale, California, USA. Country singer-songwriter and pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound (Okie from Muskogee, The Fightin' Side of Me). Died 6 April 2016 at his home in Palo Cedro, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Patriotic · Vet · Purple Heart · Medals · Hitler