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Leonard Cohen: The killers that run...

The killers that run
     the other countries
are trying to get us
to overthrow the killers
     that run our own
I for one
prefer the rule
     of our native killers
I am convinced
     the foreign killer
will kill more of us
than the old familiar killer does
     Frankly I don't believe
anyone out there
really wants us to solve
our social problems
     I base this all on how I feel
about the man next door
I just hope he doesn't
     get any uglier
Therefore I am a patriot
I don't like to see
     a burning flag
because it excites
the killers on both sides
to unfortunate excess
which goes on gaily
     quite unchecked
until everyone is dead

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