The Great American Novel

<p>I was born and raised an orphan in a land that once was free<br/>In a land that poured its love out on the moon;<span><br/>And I grew up in the shadows of your silos filled with grain<br/>But you never helped to fill my empty spoon<br/><br/>And when I was ten you murdered law with courtroom politics<br/>And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth;<br/>But I know you better now and I don&#x27;t fall for all your tricks<br/>And you&#x27;ve lost the one advantage of my youth<span><br/><br/>You kill a black man at midnight just for talking to your daughter<br/>Then you make his wife your mistress and you leave her without water;<br/>And the sheet you wear upon your face is the sheet your children sleep on<span><br/>At every meal you say a prayer; you don&#x27;t believe but still you keep on<br/><br/>And your money says in God we trust<br/>But it&#x27;s against the law to pray in school;<br/>You say we beat the Russians to the moon<br/>And I say you starved your children to do it<span><br/>You are far across the ocean but the war is not your own<br/>And while you&#x27;re winning theirs, you&#x27;re gonna lose the one at home;<br/>Do you really think the only way to bring about the peace<br/>Is to sacrifice your children and kill all your enemies?<br/><br/>The politicians all make speeches while the news men all take note<br/>And they exaggerate the issues as they shove them down our throats;<br/>Is it really up to them whether this country sinks or floats?<br/>Well I wonder who would lead us if none of us would vote<br/><br/>Well my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped from whispering through the fence<br/>You know every move I make, or is that just coincidence?<br/>Well you try to make my way of life a little less like jail<br/>If I promise to make tapes and slides and send them through the mail<br/><br/>And your money says in God we trust<br/>But it&#x27;s against the law to pray in school;<br/>You say we beat the Russians to the moon<br/>And I say you starved your children to do it<br/>You say all men are equal, all men are brothers<br/>Then why are the rich more equal than others?<br/>Don&#x27;t ask me for the answer, I&#x27;ve only got one:<br/>That a man leaves his darkness when he follows the Son<span>