There used to be a thing that I would die for, but we sold it for another TV

And a life safe & sound behind walls and a happy ending

There used to be a thing that I would die for, but we traded it for cheaper gasoline

And now I can't even remember where we were going



The world was ours before we were the world, but we made it a fight

There's not a 'gift outright' that gets blood on your hands and your dirt

And it'll take more to save this land of ours than American flags on foreign cars



There used to be a thing that I would die for

Now it's the thing I fear the most, from sea to shining sea and coast to coast

There used to be a statue in the harbor, and she held a light that shone at every hour

And on its ruins in the darkness we built up a watchtower



The world was ours before we were the world

Then the sky had to fall and some made it a call to join up with the Army Reserves

But it'll take more to save this land of yours than American flags on foreign shores



And all the unmarked graves along the way, and God Bless the U.S. on a pizza box

Oh God, is that all we could carve out of Plymouth Rock?

There used to be a million different questions, but we've narrowed it all down to one:

How fast can we burn all our bridges and run for our guns?



The world was ours before we were the world

So we bring down the sky and watch other folks die and think we hear freedom unfurled

But it'll take more to save our hearts and souls than American flags on thunder rolls 



						     



						     Thanks to cead1