Posted by Sigismund on July 22, 2007, at 20:32:29
In reply to Quite something, posted by Sigismund on July 7, 2007, at 6:42:16
Look at ya
Yeah, take a look in the mirror now tell me what you see
Another satisfied customer in the front of the line for the American dream
I remember when we was both out on the boulevard
Talkin' revolution and singin' the blues
Nowadays it's letters to the editor and cheatin' on our taxes
Is the best that we can do
Come onLook around
There's doctors down on Wall Street
Sharpenin' their scalpels and tryin' to cut a deal
Meanwhile, back at the hospital
We got accountants playin' God and countin' out the pills
Yeah, I know, that sucks – that your HMO
Ain't doin' what you thought it would do
But everybody's gotta die sometime and we can't save everybody
It's the best that we can doFour score and a hundred and fifty years ago
Our forefathers made us equal as long as we can pay
Yeah, well maybe that wasn't exactly what they was thinkin'
Version six-point-oh of the American way
But hey we can just build a great wall around the country club
To keep the riff-raff out until the slump is through
Yeah, I realize that ain't exactly democratic, but it's either them or us and
And it's the best we can doYeah, passionately conservative
It's the best we can doConservatively passionate
It's the best we can doMeanwhile, still thinkin'
Hey, let's wage a war on drugs
It's the best we can do
Well, I don't know about you, but I kinda dig this global warming thang...I saw him here once and he was fantastic.
Maybe you can hear it on this link.
http://play.rhapsody.com/steveearle/jerusalem/amerikav60thebestwecando?variant=play&didAutoplayBounce=trueI couldn't because I'm not in the US.
poster:Sigismund
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