Across this crooked land
Runs a crooked man
Armed with a smile
And the Bible in his hand
Caught in his madness
Believes his own lies
Meanwhile brings sadness
As the innocents die
The grief a mother feels
When her child is gone
Is as deep and as real
No matter where she calls home
So tell me how can one
Decide for all
What is righteous
Where the bombs fall
All in the name of freedom
All in the name of justice
The truth smacks more of greed
Lies in bed with corruption
I try to stay up
I try to see the light
But angry tears blur my vision
Don't understand this fight
Senseless, meaningless
I wonder to the night,
"How can peace prevail
When everyone thinks they're right?"
11 more killed today
3 of them children
Strikes a blow to my soul
Yet I must keep rebuilding
Myself, my strength
To survive the length
Of this idiotic reign
Of freedom wrapped in chains
And served on a silver plate
Key ingredients:
Deception and hate
But they're not blind
And they're afraid to taste
The lies and the falsehood
That the rest of us ate
Drugged us with complacence
Slipped us all a mickey
Forced us to comply
When nobody was looking
How many more must die
While madmen continue tricking?
All for paper, all for power
We drink their milk
Even when its sour
Because what can we do?
Its not our problem
The mortgage is due
And I like my hot shower
Gimme my Lexus
No wait, make it a Prius
That way I'll be doing
Some type of service
Supporting the cause
Of love and of peace
From my luxury car
From my house on the beach
I'll support from afar
With hollow speech
As long as don't have to
Make much of a reach
Or a stretch, or a strain
Yes, I know its in vain
But while others feel pain
I will remain
The one who retains
The right to regain
All of the benefits
And none of the blame
And little Adolph Jr.
Has his finger on the button
We should have seen it sooner
The blinded eyes of gluttons
A nuclear mentality
Atomic schizophrenia
Paranoid duality
Glints of shifty mania
When will sanity reclaim
Its rightly deserved rule
A return of our senses
Be attained
No longer playing fools
Break free of this spell
We're under
Waking from the depths
Of slumber
Take back our dream
Re-align our vision
Put all of our fears
Into submission
When they say we kill for peace
We must refuse to listen
Send the spoiled meat
Straight back to the kitchen
Unconscionable
Unacceptable
We are all responsible
For this loveless spectacle
Perhaps instead of democracy
We should simply practice tolerance
Of the way that others be
Even though they're not just like us
Put down the guns
Dry up the tears
Rebuild the love
We've lost through the years
Shift our vision
From without to within
Inside our own system
Is where to begin
Attempt to reunite
A country so divided
So tired of the fight
So many feeling slighted
A little introspection
A little self-reflection
Where can we improve
Within our own nation?
Perhaps when we admit
Our missteps and our flaws
We can begin to abide
By a higher set of laws
Written in our spirits
Guided by our love
Leading with compassion
No more need to push and shove
A fading urge to trample
All who are not us
How can we be the example
When the world's lost faith in us?