Dead Kennedys - Stars & Stripes Of Corruption Lyrics
Finally got to washington in the middle of the nightI couldnt waitI headed straight for the capitol mallMy heart began to poundYahoo! it really existsThe american international pictures logoI looked up at that capitol buildingCouldnt help but wonder whyI felt like saying hello, old friendWalked up the hill to touch itThen I unzipped my pantsAnd pissed on it when nobody was lookingLike a great eternal klansmanWith his two flashing red eyesTurn around hes always watchingThe washington monument pricks the skyWith flags like pubic hair ringed round the bottomThe symbols of our heritageLit up proudly in the nightSomehow fits to see the homeless peoplePassed out on the lawnSo this is where it happensThe power games and bribesAll lobbying for a piece of assOf the stars and stripes of corruptionMakes me feel so ashamedTo be an americanWhen were too stuck up to learn from our mistakesTrying to start another viet namWhilke fiddling while rome burns at homeThe boss says, youre laid off. blame the japaneseAmericas back, alrightAt the game it plays the worstStrip mining the world like a slave plantationNo wonder others hate usAnd the hitlers we handpickTo bleed their people dryFor our evil empireThe drug were fedTo make us like itIs God and country with a bandPeople we know who should know betterHowl, america riles. lets go to war!Business scams are whats worth dying forAre the soviets our worst enemy?Were destroying ourselves insteadWho cares about our civil rightsAs long as I get paid?The blind me-generationDoesnt care if lifes a lieSo easily used, so proud to enforceThe stars and stripes of corruptionLets bring it all down!Tell me whos the real patriotsThe archie bunker slobs waving flags?Or the people with the guts to workFor some real changeRednecks and bombs dont make us strongWe loot the world, yet we cant even feed ourselvesOur real test of strength is caringNot the toys of war we sell the worldJust carry on, thankful to be farmed like wormsOld glory for a blanketAs you suck on your thumbsReal freedom scares youcos it means responsibilitySo you chicken out and threaten meSaying, love it or leave itIll get beat up if I criticize itYou say youll fight to the deathTo save your worthless flagIf you want a banana republic that badWhy dont you go move to oneBut what can just one of us do?Against all that money and powerTrying to crush us into roaches?We dont destroy society in a dayUntil we change ourselves firstFrom the inside outWe can start by not lying so muchAnd treating other people like dirtIts easy not to base our livesOn how much we can scamAnd you knowIt feels good to lift that monkey off our backsIm thankful I live in a placeWhere I can say the things I doWithout being taken out and shotSo Im on guard against the goonsTrying to take my rights awayWeve got to rise above the need for cops and lawsLet kids learn communicationInstead of schools pushing competitionHow about more art and theater instead of sports?People will always do drugsLets legalize themCrime drops when the mob cant price themBudgets in the red?Lets tax religionNo one will do it for usWell just have to fix ourselvesHonesty aint all that hardJust put rambo back inside your pantsCausing trouble for the system is much more funThank you for the toilet paperBut your flag is meaningless to meLook around, were all peopleWho needs countries anyway?Our land, I love it tooI think I love it more than youI care enough to fightThe stars and stripes of corruptionLets bring it all down!If we dont tryIf we just lieIf we cant findA way to do it better than thisWho will?
