Finally got to washington in the middle of the night
i couldnand't wait
i headed straight for the capitol mall
my heart began to pound
yahoo! it really exists
the american international pictures logo
I looked up at that capitol building
couldnand't help but wonder why
i felt like saying andquot;hello, old friendandquot;
Walked up the hill to touch it
then i unzipped my pants
and pissed on it when nobody was looking
Like a great eternal klansman
with his two flashing red eyes
turn around heand's always watching
the washington monument pricks the sky
with flags like pubic hair ringed and'round the bottom
The symbols of our heritage
lit up proudly in the night
somehow fits to see the homeless people
passed out on the lawn
So this is where it happens
the power games and bribes
all lobbying for a piece of ass
Of the stars and stripes of corruption
makes me feel so ashamed
to be an american
when weand're too stuck up to learn from our mistakes
trying to start another viet nam
whilke fiddling while rome burns at home
the boss says, andquot;youand're laid off. blame the japaneseandquot;
andquot;americaand's back,andquot; alright
at the game it plays the worst
strip mining the world like a slave plantation
No wonder others hate us
and the hitlers we handpick
to bleed their people dry
for our evil empire
The drug weand're fed
to make us like it
is god and country with a band
People we know who should know better
howl, andquot;america riles. letand's go to war!andquot;
business scams are whatand's worth dying for
Are the soviets our worst enemy?
weand're destroying ourselves instead
who cares about our civil rights
as long as i get paid?
The blind me-generation
doesnand't care if lifeand's a lie
So easily used, so proud to enforce
The stars and stripes of corruption
letand's bring it all down!
tell me whoand's the real patriots
the archie bunker slobs waving flags?
or the people with the guts to work
for some real change
rednecks and bombs donand't make us strong
we loot the world, yet we canand't even feed ourselves
our real test of strength is caring
not the toys of war we sell the world
just carry on, thankful to be farmed like worms
old glory for a blanket
as you suck on your thumbs
Real freedom scares you
and'cos it means responsibility
So you chicken out and threaten me
Saying, andquot;love it or leave itandquot;
iand'll get beat up if i criticize it
you say youand'll fight to the death
to save your worthless flag
If you want a banana republic that bad
why donand't you go move to one
but what can just one of us do?
against all that money and power
trying to crush us into roaches?
We donand't destroy society in a day
until we change ourselves first
from the inside out
We can start by not lying so much
and treating other people like dirt
itand's easy not to base our lives
on how much we can scam
And you know
it feels good to lift that monkey off our backs
Iand'm thankful i live in a place
where i can say the things i do
without being taken out and shot
so iand'm on guard against the goons
trying to take my rights away
weand've got to rise above the need for cops and laws
Let kids learn communication
instead of schools pushing competition
how about more art and theater instead of sports?
People will always do drugs
letand's legalize them
crime drops when the mob canand't price them
budgetand's in the red?
letand's tax religion
No one will do it for us
weand'll just have to fix ourselves
honesty ainand't all that hard
just put rambo back inside your pants
causing trouble for the system is much more fun
Thank you for the toilet paper
but your flag is meaningless to me
look around, weand're all people
who needs countries anyway?
Our land, i love it too
i think i love it more than you
i care enough to fight
The stars and stripes of corruption
letand's bring it all down!
if we donand't try
if we just lie
if we canand't find
a way to do it better than this
who will?
