Walter Reed

So they're closing Walter Reed... that's just not right. See while everyone remembers the World Trade Center collapsing on Sept. 11th, I remember smoke rising over Arlington and not being able to get into DC because someone had rammed a plane into the Pentagon. If there's another incident, everyone knows DC is a major target and Walter Reed would be absolutely necessary to handle casualties. So much for 'national security.'

Anyways, I want to mark this with a few words from HPI friend Michael Penn and his new single "Walter Reed" (available on iTunes!)...

I count the cases piled up high for the 1:15
For platform and for passerby it's the same routine
I'm ranting while I'm raving,
there's nothing here worth saving
Tell me know, what more do you need?

Take me to Walter Reed tonight,
Baby, I've lost the will for fighting over everything
Well there's a few things I gotta say,
and make no mistake, I'm mad...
'cause every good thing I've had abandoned me.

All I want to do is hide
It's graduation day and everything I've learned inside
didn't seem to pay.
I've had my fill of palm trees
and lighting up Grauman's Chinese

Tell me now, what more do you need?
Take me to Walter Reed tonight,
Baby, I've lost the will for fighting over everything
Well there's a few things I gotta say,
and make no mistake, I'm mad...
'cause every good thing I've had abandoned me.
A sad and lonesome me.

I'm the walking wounded and I'd say it to your face
but I can't find my place,
So tell me now, what more do you need?
Take me to Walter Reed tonight,
Baby, I've lost the will for fighting over everything
Well there's a few things I gotta say,
and make no mistake, I'm mad...
'cause every good thing I've had abandoned me.
A sad and lonesome me.

So there you go...