I was born and raised an orphan
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In a land that once was free
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In a land that poured its love out on the moon
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And I grew up in the shadows
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Of your silos filled with grain
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But you never helped to fill my empty spoon
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When I was ten you murdered law
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With courtroom politics
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And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth
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But I know you better now
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And I don't fall for all your tricks
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And you've lost the one advantage of my youth
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You kill a black man at midnight
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Just for talking to your daughter
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Then you make his wife your mistress
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And you leave her without water
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And the sheet you wear upon your face
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Is the sheet your children sleep on
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And at every meal you say a prayer
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You don't believe but still you keep on
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And your money says in God we trust
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But it's against the law to pray in school
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You say we beat the russians to the moon
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And I say you starved your children to do it
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You are far across the ocean
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In a war that’s not your own
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And while you're winning there
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You're gonna lose the one at home
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Do you really think the only way
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To bring about the peace
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Is to sacrifice your children
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And kill all your enemies
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The politicians all make speeches
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As the news men all take note
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They exaggerate the issues
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As they shove them down our throats
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Is it really up to them
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Whether this country sinks or floats
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I wonder who would lead us
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If none of us would vote
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Well my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped
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From whispering through the fence
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You know every move I make
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Or is that just coincidence
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Well you try to make my way of life
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A little less like jail
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If I promise to make tapes and slides
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And send them through the mail
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And your money says in God we trust
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But it's against the law to pray in school
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You say we beat the russians to the moon
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And I say you starved your children to do it
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You say all men are equal, all men are brothers
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Then why are the rich more equal than others
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Don't ask me for the answers, I've only got one
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That a man leaves his darkness when he follows the Son
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Great American Novel
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| The Silent Comedy |
