Woke up Tuesday morning and the whole world turned to red Buildings falling to the ground, three thousand lying dead Bodies falling from the sky, no
I lived fifty-four dollars today I threw all of my chances away To get what I want To be all that I dream Chalk one more up for the American scream [
I can't eat and I can't sleep And I can't find no fucking peace Try this, try that, but nothing satisfies I bide my time and watch the days go by And
The stars they sure shine brighter out here And we've got nothing much to do The same old ghosts come around Running aground on the lonely avenue All
Same year as I in junior high is a kid with eyes of steel Got a stare so full of glare and dare that you know just how he feels A ready rage beyond his
Justice denied! You're laughing you're crying Before you know it you'll be dying, young Another angry son It's too fast for you to run Too far for you
Everybody lives and dies Everybody laughs and cries We all rise and we all bleed We all fall and we all feed Everybody lives and dies We're getting
Oh Jason He don't need a reason And it's always the season For getting loose and unbent He can't pay the rent And Rachel has seen one too many late nights
So many songs in my head about looking back to the good old days Instead of looking forward and giving thanks for the glory of today When the lights
Sad songs Well the good guys keep on getting fucked While the bastards they have all the luck Lie and cheat and kill and steal And smiling wheel and
What price will we pay for peace of mind? Will we pay with a share in genocide? Our nation's name written up in blood and sandbagged borders holding
Another transient counter-cultural phase Identity expires in ninety days My face don't change with the clothes I choose to wear And the world don't change
There's boozy bores with cocaine sores Pumped up junked up society whores Credit cards in old man bars Guys jacking off in subway cars Swilling shilling
(with apologies to our comrades in Criminal Class USA for accidentally and not on purpose stealing the entire chorus melody from their song "Southern
Long time gone, hither and yon Our last paycheck is spent (So what?) Rice and beans, limited means How we gonna pay the rent? (Oh shit!) Get a job or
The rent comes up and the hammer down There'll be no reprieve The artists and the working class are quietly urged to leave It's the dawn of a brand new
U.S.A.! Aristocrat technocracy That's not how it's supposed to be Televised lies and merciless success It's a bloody mess Right of the people to take
He's been knocked down He's been fucked up Betrayed and he thought he'd never laugh again He's been spat on He's been turned off Disdained and he thought
