TheManyShadesOfJo
Padawan Learner
America, I Weep for You
You spend all your money on killing machines,
Feed your people trash to fuel their dreams.
You caged them and trained them to chant your spell,
You told them "You're free!", then cast them to hell.
You take their money and their children and you go to war,
Your own country a weeping and neglected sore.
You feed them lies and play your deadly games,
Keep your people afraid so that they obey.
"The world needs a saviour, and guess what, we're it!"
So you truck right in, shaking your fist.
"We'll give them freedom and take their oil!"
Meanwhile your own country is left in turmoil;
Mother Nature brought chaos down on the land,
And no-one was there to give the dying a hand.
America, I weep for you.
A magnificent nation torn apart by fools.
Your people are hurting and confused;
They're being intimidated and lied to on the evening news.
Whatever happened to democracy?
Healthcare and education should be free!
Apparently your vote ends when your leader to his throne ascends.
Wake up America, stop and think!
Don't just lap up everything that they give you to drink.
Find out what's in it, if it's good for you.
You have your own mind - to Your Self be true.
There's a whisper rustling in the trees,
It's murmuring on the rivers and sighing in the seas.
The more that join in, the clearer the words;
"Revolution!" they cry, "Let's save ourselves and the world!"
*a song I wrote in 2005, to be released soon
You spend all your money on killing machines,
Feed your people trash to fuel their dreams.
You caged them and trained them to chant your spell,
You told them "You're free!", then cast them to hell.
You take their money and their children and you go to war,
Your own country a weeping and neglected sore.
You feed them lies and play your deadly games,
Keep your people afraid so that they obey.
"The world needs a saviour, and guess what, we're it!"
So you truck right in, shaking your fist.
"We'll give them freedom and take their oil!"
Meanwhile your own country is left in turmoil;
Mother Nature brought chaos down on the land,
And no-one was there to give the dying a hand.
America, I weep for you.
A magnificent nation torn apart by fools.
Your people are hurting and confused;
They're being intimidated and lied to on the evening news.
Whatever happened to democracy?
Healthcare and education should be free!
Apparently your vote ends when your leader to his throne ascends.
Wake up America, stop and think!
Don't just lap up everything that they give you to drink.
Find out what's in it, if it's good for you.
You have your own mind - to Your Self be true.
There's a whisper rustling in the trees,
It's murmuring on the rivers and sighing in the seas.
The more that join in, the clearer the words;
"Revolution!" they cry, "Let's save ourselves and the world!"
*a song I wrote in 2005, to be released soon