26-hour day
Singer:brannan, jay
where hate crime's enforced by state crime
even though they say the land of the free was made for both you and me
the girl next door might have cancer
and the hospital nearby's got the answer
in the arms of the home of the brave
she's carried to her grave
marionettes for presidents
and we're not sure who's american anymore
division of church and state is my kind of separatism
spreading god's love through scare tactics is casual terrorism
let's strip that right away
who gave women the right to vote anyway?
brought into the world today
like maybe they'll feel loved
but instead of placing them in loving stable homes
that might not fill the conservative bill
they're tossed around the foster system like a hot potato
instead of making friends of dorothy
they're thrown to the tornado
death warrants signed by murderers
who came to power through the back door
is this democracy or a monarchy
what do we hold elections for
you write your personal agenda on a post-it note
and leave the constitution lying on the bathroom floor
this is for the world trade center
for oklahoma city and the lost and lonely friends of mine
and the suffering caused by the indian ocean's attack
for falun gong and the berlin wall
and slaves to drugs and alcohol
native americans whose amber waves of grain
were melted down into white men's riches
victims of war and for salem's witches
for boys who were told to act more like boys
and girls who were told to only play with girl toys
maybe one day i'll stop alternating
between thirteen hours of eating and thirteen hours of sleeping
and do something about it with what i guess could have been a twenty-six hour day