Hey Bruce did you see the news?
It's all gone down the drain
That Cain that Adam raised
must've raised another Cain
I may be a drowning man
but I'm still troubled by the rain
The heartland must've lost it's heart
I know it lost its brains
We exchanged our Promised Land
for this ball and chain

So please let me out
and please break me out
...I ain't got no wrecking ball

down here in the Badlands
things are getting worse
an American funeral
with a big 'ol Chinese hearse
my brothers disappearing now
he keeps on digging in the dirt
blisters on his hands so thick
he doesn't feel them hurt
I was born in America
they call me an American
but if I was born in America
why do I feel like a mannequin?

So please, let me out
and please, break me out
...I ain't got no wrecking ball

So please, let me out
and please, break me out
...I ain't got no wrecking ball