Once the king of the Motherland An empire has grown He drained the Fertile Crescent And called Kuwait his own He rose to power in a Coup Established the Ba'ath Regime His dominion of self exultation Instilled fear by the cruelest means (WMD) The effigy of torture and murder Is evident in every place The funding of terrorists To advance his own breed of hate After the blatant defiance Of the international community One nation had the fortitude To stand against his tyranny In a snapshot in time so endless The statue of his likeness Is pulled down from its place It's head beaten about the face Dragged through the streets of Baghdad Smitten with shoes by all who had The burning of the currency Celebrations of the people free Once a king in an ancient land Surrounded by palaces so grand Viewed from the Tigris, the Mole (Was) Dug up like a rat in a spider hole