First a singer with the Dixie Chicks dissed President Bush by saying she was “embarrassed” he was from Texas. And now country music and Texas legend Willie Nelson has gone a step further, casting his support for Dennis Kucinich and penning a scathing anti-war, anti-Bush song. Nelson’s friend, the great Houston trial lawyer Joe Jamail (for whom, I’m pleased to say, the chair I hold is named), will pay to reprint the lyrics in major newspapers. The Kucinich campaign has released the lyrics here; some excerpts:

What Ever Happened To Peace On Earth
There’s so many things going on in the world
Babies dying
Mothers crying
How much oil is one human life worth
And what ever happened to peace on earth

We believe everything that they tell us
They’re gonna’ kill us
So we gotta’ kill them first
But I remember a commandment
Thou shall not kill
How much is that soldier’s life worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth

(Bridge)
And the bewildered herd is still believing
Everything we’ve been told from our birth
Hell they won’t lie to me
Not on my own damn TV
But how much is a liar’s word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth