The United States of...

Music & Lyrics / Jude Hawkens

Arrangements / Jude Hawkens

© Jude Hawkens / Native Son Music  BMI

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I pledged allegiance to the flag

and held my heart in my right hand

Believe what teacher told

in veiled and cryptic code

 

The truth of youth for which it stands

while masses search the hinterland

Believe what they are sold

the highway’s paved in gold

 

   America, let freedom ring

   rise against the man, don’t want a king

   Conflicted troops the tool

   manipulate the truth

   obedience the rule, hear me sing

 

   We mask the fear, don’t dare defy

   believe his lies as thousands die

   We play the game of chance

   n' blindly join the dance

   in the United States of Arrogance

 

So pledge allegiance to a flag

you hold my heart in your wrong hand

and watch as freedom wanes

you hand over the reins

 

If history should hold the key

let empathy rain over me

and watch the night ignite

we’re forced to make this right

 

       Who makes the rules

       Who tells the truth

       Who hung the noose

 

One step forward, three steps back

And what the fuck are alternative facts

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   America, let freedom ring

   rise against the man, don’t want a king

   Conflicted troops the tool

   manipulate the truth

   obedience the rule, hear me sing

 

   We mask the fear, don’t dare defy

   believe his lies as thousands die

   We play the game of chance

   I don’t want to join the dance

   in the United States of Arrogance

   in the United States of Arrogance

   in the United States

   the Divided States of Arrogance

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