Say Can You See

I love this country, I love the people and the land But there's a lot of stuff happening that I can't understand We got billions for bailouts, we got trillions for wars But it's hard for working people to make a living anymore Hear me out for a second, this ain't a partisan song It ain't about right and left, it's about right and wrong We're fighting over the scraps while a few are living like kings 'Cause screwing us over's a bipartisan thing And it's working people who made this country great Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate And if a new day's coming, it's gotta come from you and me Oh say, can you see? See, I got a neighbour, we don't always agree He's a bit of a redneck, according to a hippy like me But if you're in the ditch, he'll pull you out, I know he will And that's more than I can say for all those dickheads on the hill He works hard for his family, he's got loyalty and pride The company took all he gave and then cast him aside 'Cause there's profit in poverty, hell, there's profit in prisons And they don't even pay taxes, they just buy politicians But it's working people who made this country great Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate And if a new day's coming, it's gotta come from you and me Oh say, can you see? Oh say, can you see? In New York Harbour there's a lady with a flame Still calling in the huddled masses in Liberty's name But there's fear on the airwaves and hatred wrapped in the flag Turning strangers into enemies and our riches into rags And a revolution to break the grip of greed Don't need a strongman or a saviour, but I believe we're gonna need Whatever magic this old world's got left to start And all the ammunition in the chambers of our hearts It's working people who made this country great Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate And if a new day's coming, it's gotta come from you and me Oh say, can you see? Oh say, can you see?