That's the Thing About America

Wanna know what uncle Joe thinks

We oughta take them tanks and guns and bombs

And load them planes and get them boys and girls on home

And that gets my dad mad

Born and red, revved up vein poppin' out of his head

Sayin' you pull out now, you shame the ones who fought and bled

And came home dead

For your right to cry left to right

Then momma shouts, boys hush your mouths

Grab a plate and bow your heads

And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause

That's the thing about America

You can dream or do or say what you wanna

You can write it down and you can bag it up

You can burn a flag or be the man who takes a stand

Says, I'll be damned if some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white and the blue and the red

That's the thing about America

Got a coffee and the T.V's on

And we're eatin' a pie handed down from my grandma's side

From her grandma when she arrived back at twenty-five

She tells us all again how her mom came off of that big boat

With all them folks all skin and bones

And an angry mob sayin' go back home

Now the anchor man says they're makin' plans

Fencin' up the Rio Grande

Aunt Kitty drops her fork and shouts, amen

Granny says, hell, just let 'em all in

That's the thing about America

You can dream or do or say what you wanna

You can write it down and you can bag it up

You can burn a flag or be the man who takes a stand

Says, I'll be damned if some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white and the blue and the red

That's the thing about America

That's the thing about America

You can dream or do or say what you wanna

You can write it down and you can bag it up

You can burn a flag or be the man who takes a stand

Says, I'll be damned if some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white and the blue and the red

That's the thing about America

That's the thing about America