Won't Fence Us In

There once was land endless land Under starry skies above But they fenced it in Now its interstates and interchanges Monocrop and truckstops 'Cause the fenced it in I wish that every golf course became a WMA And every politician knew the rent that we paid Just to drink ourselves to death And go to jobs that we hate Oh to be fenced in Turn us loose and let us rattle off our chains And lift the pain from all our faces And every hour on the clock or in a classroom Or a cell could not contain us I just don't see any glory in industrial cattle And truckers' bodies twist from a life in the saddle Is it freedom ringing in your ear or just a death rattle? You won't fence us in I wish ancestral lands belonged to indigenous people And I didn't have to live in fear of law from the steeple Does grievance make you strong? Or is it what makes you feeble? You won't fence us in, though you might try You won't fence us in, ain't you listening? You won't fence us in