today's earworm

[low_delta]

I Bombed Korea, by Cake

I bombed Korea every night.
My engine sang into the salty sky.
I didn't know if I would live or die.
I bombed Korea every night.

I bombed Korea every night.
I bombed Korea every night.
Red flowers bursting down below us.
Those people didn't even know us.
We didn't know if we would live or die.
We didn't know if it was wrong or right.
I bombed Korea every night.

And so I sit here at this bar.
I'm not a hero. I'm not a movie star.
I've got my beer. I've got my stories to tell,
But they won't tell you what it's like in hell.

Red flowers bursting down below us.
Those people didn't even know us.
We didn't know if we would live or die.
We didn't know if it was wrong or right.
We didn't know if we would live or die.
I bombed Korea every night.

Comments

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I can't find any confirmation of the story I was told.

Here's what I find:
By mid-1949 all Soviet and American troops were withdrawn, and two rival Korean governments were in operation, each eager to unify the country under its own rule. In June, 1950, the North Korean army launched a surprise attack against South Korea, initiating the Korean War.

[ex-friedrich47.livejournal.com]

I found a somewhat different story here (http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/cn-korea.htm) to the effect that South Korea with our support crossed the 38th parallel after routing the North Korean invasion. China then supported North Korea after North Korean forces had been forced back into Chinese territory. Complicated