He stands alone among the throng
His voice a choir of one
And, oh, he knows what you have done

The shoe-thrower has spoken
And he has thrown
I wish the shoes had been my own

The hurler then was beat and broken
But his message twirled
In words and pictures 'round the world

A symbol now, imprisoned still
The hero's shoes a gun
The hero's shoes too big to fill
And all, oh, know what you have done

MG 12/27/08

Despite misgivings about the accuracy of the 16 words embodied in this song (these words had been previously removed from a Bush speech given in Cincinnati, Ohio in October '02), the words appeared in Bush's State of the Union address '03. The words were among a litany used to gain the support of Congress and the American people for an invasion of Iraq. Fury over Joseph Wilson's July '03 NY Times article debunking the truth of the president's statement resulted in the "outing" of Wilson's wife by high government officials.  Label: Pure Mint Recordings www.pure-mint.com