O' Say, can you see? By the dawn's early light -
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we get 'em young, give 'em guns and ship 'em off to die.
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While the rocket's red glare is keeping everyone scared they say,
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"just relax -
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put your trust in me and you can sit back and watch the war on your screen."
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The country's run by lunatics, they're picking up their pens,
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writing themselves into Revelation, "this is how it's gonna end!" -
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Well, I tried hard to bite my tongue,
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like a good American but they recruited my little brother
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and they're shipping off my friends.
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Broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
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you know those who stand to gain are not the ones who sacrifice -
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watching bombs burst in air from a comfortable chair, they just say,
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"in God we trust, and God trusts in greed,
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yeah as long as they never show real blood on TV." -
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I'm not sorry if this makes you mad, in fact I hope this wakes you up -
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'Cause you'll never see what's going on with your eyes so tightly shut!
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There are too many unanswered questions,
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from the towers in New York to the lies leading up
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to another corporate sponsored war -
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Well I'll support the troops by asking what they're really fighting for -
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and I think that's more patriotic than flying a flag from my front porch.
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Come on, let's go out and start a fight!
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'Cause you know two wrongs always make a right.
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Come on, let's go out and start a fight!
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'Cause you know two wrongs never make a right
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The New National Anthem
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