I See a Flag

Well I moved down the street from an American dream And oh what a scene on the media screen Because the police shot him down He was laying on the ground And now the whole damn town is going to burn to the ground I don't understand I see a flag blowing in the wind I see crystal meth, internet, placing bets on a worldwide web With your skeleton face and hollow eyes 2 more clicks before you die And people lying sick in hospital beds And doctors getting rich on the blood of the dead And the poor lie still, like wolves in the street They took that man down just walking a beat I don't understand But I see a flag blowing in the wind I'm sorry kid there ain't no more jobs For a working class stiff living low on the hog Why don't you get yourself to college Go get a degree. Go get yourself some debt I hear they're giving it away for free Because the banks taking your home On a government loan and renting to own biological clones With your pesticide cream and bionic fruit Bunch of dancing monkeys dressed in suits So I run down to the bay I gotta see the ocean blue But Gilman Street is gonna get the boot I don't understand I see a flag burning in the wind There ain't no easy way to end this song I ain't got no answers 'cept mountains and fog Cuz I seen the buildings built and I watched them crumble I seen a nation of braggarts stumble humbled I seen money come and go People live and die People giving up Standing up to try And all I can hope for is a better today Cuz life's right now and its here I'll stay Its here I will sing and here I will pray To a billion gods I hope they all get their way So lets just tare it all down We can start from scratch Keep our faces forward don't ever look back A place where everybody's clothed and everybody's fed And nobody's dieing from a lack of medicine I don't understand I see a flag lowered in the wind So lets just burn all the money For a currency of love Fat Mike will think its funny Feed the children drugs Because the crackheads line the streets In a giant bread line Giving head for one more dime And one more chance And one more line Lets all pledge allegiance to an American lie Well I would like to pledge to life And I would like to pledge to truth Ask your questions later, first things shoot Cuz no motherfucker they don't need no proof The proof is the puzzle and the puzzle is the sleuth And nothing's making sense except dollars and cents It's a coup de'tat there ain't no president He's a walking talking puppet just hanging from a string Singing the songs the corporations say to sing And you all sit there dancing and singing along But there's no fucking words cuz there's no fucking song He just reads it from a screen and you take it to heart Let the fires light the night babe your lost in the dark And I'll be Mad max and you can be Goldie Hawn We'll start a fucking riot on the white house lawn You better understand I see a flag raised in the wind I see a flag blowing in the wind