RAISIN MCCAIN
Music and lyrics by John Rich
Well were all just raisin McCain
Everywhere across the USA
You can get on the train or get out of the way
Were all just raisin McCain
And were all just raisin McCain
Everywhere across the USA
You can get on the train or get out of the way
Were all just raisin McCain
Well he got shot down in a Vietnam town
Fighting for the red, white and blue
And they locked him up in the Hanoi Hilton
Thinking they could break him in two
He stayed strong, stayed extra long
Til they let all the other boys out
Now weve got a real man with an American plan
Were going to put him in the big White House
Well were all just raisin McCain
Everywhere across the USA
You can get on the train or get out of the way
Were all just raisin McCain
Play that American guitar, son
And were all just raisin McCain
Everywhere across the USA
You can get on the train or get out of the way
Were all just raisin McCain
I said were all just raisin McCain
Everywhere across the USA
You can get on the train or get out of the way
Were all just raisin McCain
Well you can get on the train or get out of the way
Were all just raisin McCain
Raise Cain
Etymology
Cain refers to the biblical son of Adam and Eve, the first murderer. The expression (also sometimes raise Hell or raise the Devil) means to bring or return that evil to Earth.
[edit] Verb
to raise Cain
1. (idiomatic) to cause trouble
If those boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight...
2. (idiomatic) to behave in a disruptive manner
I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you; as plain as print, I seen him; and if I get the horrors, I’m a man that has lived rough, and I’ll raise Cain. - Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
[edit] Synonyms
* raise Hell
* raise the Devil