I work all day in a factory

Making parts for bombs I'll never see

I have to support a family

American ethic will set me free

I work in a forest cutting trees

I work in a lab creating disease

Dressed in blue I do what I please

American ethic will will set be free

Don't care for homeless lazy slobs

Get off your ass and get a job 

A shining example, look at me 

American ethic will set me free

I don't care about suffering in foreign lands

I've got a clear conscience, no blood on my hands

I don't care about pollution or poverty

American ethic will set me free

Get up in the morning, get to bed at night

I don't know my wife, so we don't fight

I've got some kids just like me

American ethic will set them free

I've lived my life without any thought

Except for my job and what I've bought

Seems like someone has lied to me

Now I need death to set me free

I don't care about suffering in foreign lands

I've got a clear conscience, no blood on my hands

I don't care about pollution or poverty

American ethic will set me free