How can we pledge allegiance to a nation
That causes mass extermination
Crushes hope and determination
Puts the poor on permanent rations
We know it's fact, no long horse can expect to win the race
Escalate the body count in the hope to save our face
I've seen World War Vietnam, can we bury the already dead?
We've stopped doing an MX missile in exchange for jelly bread
Those who taught us this world's problems have plagued me in our time
Caught us with our pants down and came up from behind
Minorities killed by the desirable, give them hell and we do forget
With shelters full of victims and disillusioned vets
Why must we die for a politician's lie?
It's hard enough surviving, it's not easy getting by
Why must we die for a politician's lie?
It's hard enough surviving, it's not easy getting by
Poor slanders in Cambodia, now it's fiction in El Salvador
40,000 In four years, but they're going to keep the score
They're running toward the river, escaping genocide
Dodging the bullets from people on their own side
Some of them could swim and some of them just drowned
When they reached the other side, Hondurans gunned them down
It wasn't human landfill, but a place for summer homes
Or maybe even a club, barely get the folks off their phones
When you're finally out of high school
Hanging around with nothing to do
Buy that car, impress that girl
Join the army and see the world
Be all that you can be
You can do it in the army
Well, they give you a test, any monkey can pass
Next thing you know, there's a flashlight up your ass
Be, it's the place to be
I said be, it's the place to be
I said be, it's the place to be
In the army
Well, the new army is the same old story
Grey hairs lie about death and glory
Send you off to fight their war
Next stop, El Salvador
They're running toward the river, escaping genocide
Dodging the bullets from people on their own side
Some of them could swim, some of them just drowned
And you know, when they reached the other side
Hondurans gunned them down
Well, how can you pledge allegiance to a nation
That causes mass extermination?
Crushes hope and determination
Puts the poor on permanent rations
First five world facts, but you know all the facts of others
Death in multiples, assassinated their own brothers
First five world facts, but you know all the facts of others
Death in multiples, assassinated their own brothers
Why must we die for a politician's lie?
It's hard enough surviving, it's not easy getting by
Why must we die for a politician's lie?
It's hard enough surviving, it's not easy getting, easy getting
Easy getting by
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