On a busy street
Of a large Midwestern city
In the summer heat
Of 2003
I unfurled a sheet
Hung from my apartment window
Eighteen feet
That said OPPOSE THE WAR

And the cars rolled by
They said die faggot die
We’ll be back for you later
And Nuke Iraq was their battle cry
As my people called me a traitor

But I say treason
One man’s treason
One man’s treason
Is another man’s love

Then I took a seat
Tuned up my guitar and
Played them something sweet
‘Bout giving peace a chance
And if they stopped to chat
Gave them free press magazines
Said please read that
And please OPPOSE THE WAR

Well some said right on
But then they were gone
To their jobs and kids and their gardens
And the war came and went
To the next government
While the previous team all got pardons

Treason
What is treason
What is treason
But another's man's love