Americas Dreaming

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If crooks are in charge, should we let them pick our pockets?
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If we don't want trouble, should we not try to stop it?
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We could just sink into the quicksand slavery we're born in
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But fighting endless wars for greedy liars is getting pretty boring

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They think they got us trained, so we'll think we're living free
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If we got time and money for junk food and TV
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But it's plain honest people never stand a chance of winning elections
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They just let us pick which liars take our rights away for our own protection

[Verse 2]
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The corporate propaganda paralyzes us with fear
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Destroying our ability to trust
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Fear keeps us fighting with each other over scraps
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Starving to death in the dust
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Organized religion really helps you submit
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But the meek are inheriting the short end of the stick
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Think twice (think twice) we're awaking from the dream
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Think twice (think twice) we don't like what we see

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[Verse 3]
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Fear surrounds compassion like a layer of mold
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And weakens our defenses so we're too weak to be bold
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Life could be heaven, but this corrupted system
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Takes away our rights, expects us not to miss them
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The middle class is shrinking while the lower class grows
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If we don't wake up soon, we'll have no class left to lose
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But at least we're getting by, and there's heaven when we die
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It's hard for honest people to recognize a lie

[Break]
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It's an American dream, there's no pie in the sky
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We're running out of credit, we can't afford to buy it
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If it weren't so sad, it'd be a goddamn riot

[Final Verse]
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Think twice, the change that we need can be found
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Think twice, just don't expect to get it handed down
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Think twice, right now it's up to you and me
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Our hearts guide our minds to make greed obsolete

[Outro]
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Don't run in circles all your life just hoping
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To grab a horse on a dead carousel