This is Now America

Way down in the basement She finds to her amazement A diary from when she was a girl A time of high romance Her face so pure and honest Without a care or concern That was then America That was then America Now we know what we're worth This is now America This is now America This is your place in the world No bridge to cross divides A broken joy ride With a monkey at the wheels Foreclose on the bad loan Now they'll all stay home Wolves snapping at their heels Shooting stars and muscle cars Fairylights and apple pie And now I don't know where they are Pillars in the sky This is now America This is now America Oh how little we have learned This is now America This is now America Is there no way to turn? She longs for simple times Less clutter on the mind Like it should've been She lies awake at night So hard to reconcile All the remnants of her dream Shooting sprees in the schoolyard Border walls and prison guards Now we rule the way we are Drones in the sky This is now America This is now America Now I know what we're worth This is now America This is now America This is your place in the world This is now America This is now America Oh how little we have learned This is now America This is now America Is there no way to turn?