I want to pledge allegiance to the country where I live
I donâ??t want to be ashamed to be American
But opportunity, no, it donâ??t exist
Itâ??s the opium of the populace
We need some harder shit now
The truth is getting around
And each public school is a halfway house
Where the huddled masses somber up and up
Enough?
Thereâ??s not enough to fatten the cows and feed all of us
Itâ??s just a rationing of luck
What canâ??t be bought gets raffled off
Oh God, good God
Shed greed on thee
Your shining sea turned a dirty green from the industry
Off the shores of New Jersey
I got a letter from the army, so I think that Iâ??ll enlist
Iâ??m not brave or proud of nothing I just want to kill something
Too bad that nowadays you just point and click
Swing Lo satellite, hot white chariot!
In the computerâ??s blue glare, the bombs burst in the air
There was a city once-- now nothing is there
Our freedom comes at their expense
It makes sense, doesnâ??t it?
Dollars and cents
Theyâ??re stretching barbed wire across the picket fence
That is surrounding your housing development
Just in case you lack the confidence
My God, oh God, give strength to thee
These amber waves, purple majesty
Are nothing but backdrops for Disney
Well, look up close
It is superimposed on a blank blue screen
It is fantasy, fucking magical
The dream floats like a chemical through each snapped synapse
Our television past that is beautiful no more, no more