Words and music by John Kay, Jerry Edmonton, Nick St. Nicholas and Larry Byrom
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(Monster)
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Once the religious, the hunted and weary
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Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
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Came to this country to build a new vision
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Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope
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Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
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Later some got slaves to gather riches
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But from near and far to seek America
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They came by thousands to court the wild
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But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
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To be their spirit and guiding light
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Then once the ties with the crown had been broken
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Westward in saddle and wagon it went
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And 'til the railroad linked ocean to ocean
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Many the lives which had come to an end
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While we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland
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We began the slaughter of the red man
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But still from near and far to seek America
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They came by thousands to court the wild
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And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
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To be their spirit and guiding light
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The blue and grey they stomped it
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They kicked it just like a dog
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And when the war over
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They stuffed it just like a hog
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And though the past has it's share of injustice
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Kind was the spirit in many a way
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But it's protectors and friends have been sleeping
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Now it's a monster and will not obey
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(Suicide)
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The spirit was freedom and justice
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And it's keepers seem "friendly" and kind
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It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
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But now they were paying no mind
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'Cause the people "got" fat and "grew" lazy
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now their vote "is like a" meaningless "Tune"
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"You know they talk about law "about" order
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But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
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Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
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It's got our heads into a noose
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And it just sits there watchin'
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Our cities have turned into jungles
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And corruption is stranglin' the land
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The police force is watching the people
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And the people just can't understand
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We don't know how to mind our own business
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'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
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Now we are fighting a war over there
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No matter who's the winner
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We can't pay the cost
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'Cause there's a monster on the loose
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It's got our heads into a noose
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And it just sits there watching
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(America)
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America where are you now?
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Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
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Don't you know we need you now
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We can't fight alone against the monster
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ⓒ Copyright MCA Music (BMI)
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All rights for the USA controlled and administered by
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MCA Corporation of America, INC
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Monster/Suicide/America
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