"Bleed for Me" also plays in the background of the Dead Kennedys' song "Kinky Sex (Makes the World Go 'Round)", in which an aide for the Reagan White House arranges World War III on the phone with Margaret Thatcher, who moans erotically at every new atrocity; this track may be a reference to the Thatchergate tape. The song was also performed for the film Urgh! A Music War, with a different bridge about Rosalynn Carter. During live performances with the Melvins in the 9/11-Afghanistan-Iraq War era, Jello substituted "Muslims" for "Russians" in the verse "So what's ten million dead, if it's keeping out the Russians?"
The song has also been covered by many bands, most notably Pearl Jam who have brought out the song for their most recent tours, substituting the more time-appropriate lyric "cowboy Georgie" for "cowboy Ronnie", in reference to the previous president of the United States.
^The lyrics are not specific, but refer (among other things) to a visit by then-US President Ronald Reagan, who "forks out his tongue at human rights," before being invited to "dine on some charbroiled nun." This is likely an allusion to the 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador and the Reagan administration's uncritical support of El Salvador's military regime.
^Lazell, Barry (1997). . Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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