STAR SPANGLED BANTER I generalize skies fall before they rise collide with swollen tides we wise, divide and conquer the many lives take sides as death arrives the strong survive be hypnotized no longer the heads of mankind combine their contribution nuclear suicide demise is no solution surprised both sides allied in revolution the evolution soothsayers retribution you lie in liberty you lie in death I can't forget can't forgive my live and let live just up and left the subjects can't suppress their souls as of yet not lost in a bet got sold to pay your debt admonished, adopted conflict my mouth agape went to college for knowledge now wonder: why are we so great? did fate tie our hands behind our back with a rack? exporting guns at the same time we import crack oh say can you see the whites of they eyes? take an enemy by surprise still mystified by your manner your lies and your candor disguised in your star spangled banter I started screamin' at where my people at swing medieval axe split your fat mellon and tell 'em all the logistic facts one great nation under God never wrong we can all get along if we sing the same song sound of sirens domestic violence statistic heightens as the right and wrong is ridiculed in sickly syphon the rumbled wreckage of Roman ruin is doin' nothin' collective cohesive demons completely blunted and runnin' reckless the roughage rambled the signal scrambled the million pictures on the mantle can't hold a candle to all we lost in the lesson so get the message our last string strung out on anti-depressants the Lord God beckons us we answer thus we scandalous my Jesus deconstruct our ediface we climb mountains toting flags then we brag but in every other it's a rag oh say can you see the whites of they eyes? take an enemy by surprise still mystified by your manner your lies and your candor disguised in your star spangled banter time shifts in the glass new fads reflect the past surpass the generation as sons turn into dad the many morals had get trashed, exchanged for cash never outlast the liable trial of good and bad left your homeland hungry, thirsty, poor, and dirty now we purly worldly no longer worthy once tyrants pushed us 'til our palms were purple and then we rose up but now we've come full circle the government sets the mold takes control our limitless inhibitions our rotted souls fortold the fallen curtain rise before my eyes and destiny's legacy is finally realized from Kennedy to King to Lenin to armeggedon the leader of the pack gets wacked now where we headed? justice for all has stalled I follow through forgive them Lord for they know not what they do oh say can you see the whites of they eyes? take an enemy by surprise still mystified by your manner your lies and your candor disguised in your star spangled banter