they caught the
last poor man
on a poor man’s vacation
they cuffed him and confiscated his s
tuff
they dragged his black ass down to the station
and said, ok, the streets are safe
now
all your pretty white children can come out and see spot run
and they came out of their hous
es
and they looked around
but they didn’t see no one
my country ’tis o
f thee
to take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
why don’t you just go ahead and turn
off the sun
cuz we’ll never live long enough
to undo everything they’ve do
ne to you
undo everything they’ve done to you
above 96th stre
et
they’re handing out smallpox blankets so people don’t freeze
the old dogs have got a new tr
ick
it’s called criminalize the symptoms
while you spread the disease
and i hold on hard to somet
hing
between my teeth when i’m sleeping
i wake up and my jaw ach
es
and the earth is full of earthquakes
my country ’tis of t
hee
To take shots at each other on prime time tv
why don’t you just go ahead and turn o
ff the sun
cuz we’ll never live long enough
to undo everything they’ve done to
you
undo everything they’ve done to you
they caught the last poor m
an
flying away in a shiny red cape
they took him down to the s
tation
and they said, boy, you should’ve known better
than to try to escape
i ran away with the cir
cus
cuz there’s still some honest work left for bearded ladies
it’s not the same going from town to t
own
since they put everyone in jail
except the Cleavers and the Bradys
my country ’tis of th
ee
to take swings at each other on the talk show t.v.
why don’t you just go ahead and tu
rn off the sun
cuz we’ll never live long enough
to undo everything they’ve d
one to you
undo everything they’ve done to you
