Billy Joel - Christmas in Fallujah

I just downloaded “Christmas in Fallujah”….it rocks!!!!

YahooNews:

Billy Joel has released a new pop single, the anti-war “Christmas in Fallujah.” Just don’t expect to hear his voice on it.

At 58, Joel felt he was too old to sing the song, which was inspired by letters the Piano Man received from soldiers in Iraq. So he gave it to Cass Dillon, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Long Island.

“I thought it should be somebody young, about a soldier’s age,” Joel said in a statement on his Web site. “I wanted to help somebody else’s career. I’ve had plenty of hits. I’ve had plenty of airplay. I’ve had my time in the sun. I think it’s time for somebody else, maybe, to benefit from my own experience.”

The song is available at iTunes now. Proceeds go to Homes For Our Troops

Made me listen to Goodbye Saigon again, the young man (Cass Dillon) singing on this track has a bright future ahead!!!

“Christmas In Fallujah”
Lyrics & Music By Billy Joel
Performed By Cass Dillon 2007

It’s Evening In the Desert
I’m tired and I’m cold
But I’m just a solder
I do what I am told

We Came with the Crusaders
to save the holy land
It’s Christmas In Fallujah
and no one gives a damn

And I just got your letter
And this is what I read,
you said I’m fading from your memory
so I’m just as good as dead

We are the armies of the empire
We are the legionnaires of Rome
It’s Christmas In Fallujah
and we ain’t never coming home

We came to bring these people freedom
we came to fight the infidel
there is no justice in the desert
Because there is no god in hell

They say Osama’s in the mountains
deep in a cave near Pakistan
But there’s a sea of blood in Baghdad
A sea of oil in the sand

Between the Tigris and Euphrates
another day comes to an end
It’s Christmas In Fallujah
Peace on earth goodwill to men

It’s Christmas In Fallujah
hallelujah hallelujah(hoorah)
It’s Christmas In Fallujah
hallelujah hallelujah(hoorah)
It’s Christmas In Fallujah
hallelujah hallelujah(hoorah)
It’s Christmas In Fallujah
hallelujah hallelujah(hoorah)

Merry Christmas from Fallujah
hallelujah hallelujah(hoorah)
Merry Christmas from Fallujah
hallelujah hallelujah (hoorah)
hallelujah hallelujah (hoorah)
hallelujah hallelujah (hoorah)
hallelujah hallelujah( hoorah)
hallelujah hallelujah (hoorah)
hallelujah hallelujah (hoorah)

Who was wrong, who was right?
When It’s Christmas in Fallujah

O0-Ra!