Uncle Sam's Kazoo

I can't breath I can't breath
I'm down on my knees
Uncle Sam sold the air
to the Japanese
now if you're gonna breath
you're gonna pay
and it'll cost you all
about a dollar a day
I used to think Uncle Sam
was a real swell guy
'till he knifed me in the back
stuck me in the eye
and so it's hide your children
the White House is on it's way

Johnny can't read
I'm wonderin' why
who needs the ABC's
we got the FBI
we got the ATF
we got the CIA
we got the NSA
we got the DEA
I used to think Uncle Sam
was this real swell Joe
now I ain't sure
now I don't know
and so it's hide your children
the Bush klan is on their way

Bang bang mama
here comes the heat
that's your little Johnny
lyin' dead in the street
what's his crime
hey that's easy to say
he was born a poor black child
in east LA
I used to think Uncle Sam
had a little soul
but poor kids can't eat
from an empty bowl
and now it's hide your children
Wall Street is on it's way

Dirty cop dirty cop
he's after me
so full of hate
that man can't see
right wing left wing
I'm askin' why
you're puttin' feathers on a bird
that won't never fly
I used to think Uncle Sam
was this real slick dude
'till I caught him turnin' tricks
I saw him in the nude
and now it's hide your children
the Pentagon is on it's way

Republican preacher man
Democrat
ain't got a clue
about where it's at
don't trust 'em people
I'm tellin' you why
if his mouth is open
then he's tellin' a lie
I used to think Uncle Sam
was on my side
'till he took my brother to Nam
where my brother died
and now it's hide your children
the war machine is on it's way



Copyright 2002 Loren Franklin -post it where you can-