STATES OF AMERICA
© 2010 Mark Brunstetter a/k/a Markke
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Now the feds are well-fed; the rest of us well-bled
Their goal in the end: all you make they spend
It’s not enough to know my name and my address
They’d like to look for more hidden under my mattress
Tell me what has happened to
Tell me what is happening to
The States of America
Now the agenda’s been set by trillions of debt
For all that they spent, just what did we get
We used to save the world, put man on the moon
Now millions stay at home with no work to do
Tell me what has happened to
Tell me what is happening to
The States of America
And the Islamic nuts said they’d kick our butts
No one gives a damn ‘bout Afghanistan
Those planes came flyin' in without a warning
3000 people dead that September morning
Tell me what has happened to
Tell me what is happening to
The States of America
Now the emperor knows that he's got no clothes
Round the world he goes; bowing down so it shows
But I remember when the President would stand tall
He said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
Tell me what has happened to
Tell me what is happening to
The States of America
This land I love what have you become
This land I love what have you become
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For all the many amber waves of grain
America the Beautiful
Will you ever one day be the same
Land of the pilgrims pride
Land where my fathers died
From every mountainside
Of thee I sing, let freedom ring