Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me Lyrics
(Released December of 1970)You poisoned my sweet water.You cut down my green trees.The food you fed my childrenWas the cause of their disease.My world is slowly fallin' downAnd the airs not good to breathe.And those of us who care enough,We have to do something.......(Chorus)Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?Your newspapers,They just put you on.They never tell youThe whole story.They just put yourYoung ideas down.I was wonderin' could this be the endOf your pride and glory?(Chorus)I work in your factory.I study in your schools.I fill your penitentiaries.And your military too!And I feel the future trembling,As the word is passed around."If you stand up for what you do believe,Be prepared to be shot down."(Chorus)And I feel like a strangerIn the land where I was bornAnd I live like an outlaw.An' I'm always on the run..........................An Im always getting bustedAnd I got to take a stand........I believe the revolutionMust be mighty close at hand.......................(Chorus)I smoke marijuanaBut I cant get behind your wars.And most of what I do believeIs against most of your lawsI'm a fugitive from injusticeBut I'm goin' to be free.Cause your rules and regulationsThey dont do the thing for me(Chorus)And I feel like a strangerIn the land where I was bornAnd I live just like an outlaw.An' I'm always on the run.
