American Crisis

I never thought I'd see this bullshit again To come of age in the '80s was bad enough We were marginalized and demonized I watched a lot of my generation die Welcome back to American crisis No telling what the price is Wake up every day to see a nation in flames We click and we tweet And we spread these tales of blame Here's the newest American crisis Thanks to evangelical ISIS People suffer in the streets each day While you take a little change From the offering tray It's another American crisis You can see how the lives divide us World turning darker every day In a fucked up USA Can you look in the mirror And tell me everything's alright? This American crisis Keeps me wide awake at night You're one of us Or one of them If you're one of them Don't come near me again Ringing in my head only goes away When I yell all the things that I shouldn't say Ringing in my head never goes away Pro-life Pro-life Until you make it in someone else's wife You'll be struck down in your house of corruption Free speech Free speech Got stolen by a pack of thieves This American crisis Keeps me wide awake at night You're one of us Or one of them If you're one of them Don't come near me again Silence was death Never forget Silence was death Silence --- American Crisis - Bob Mould