The Hangdogs

the world is yours




We pledged allegiance to the stars and stripes and you
We walked in single file just like all your good tin soldiers do
Your textbooks told us we could all be president if we tried
You said Christ saved us all with the turn of a cheek
While you sent our fathers cross the sea to pacify the meek
You told us God decreed they die their souls to save, but you lied

You said we're free to do just what we want but told us what we should
Your advertisements told us what we'd get if we were good
You said the bad man on the TV news was just born that way, into sin
You bade us learn but only what wečd need to make a buck
You said "ideals are fine for now but soon you'll be growing up"
You said, "this world ain't fair, and the race goes to the strong," and I
guess you win

The world is yours
I'm just passing through
I want nothing more from you
Given or earned
'Cause this land damn sure ain't my land
And this poisoned world it ain't God's plan
It's yours
Take it and burn

You give us jobs so we could by the crap we make for you
You give us credit in lieu of indentured servitude
You give us leaders starched and sanitized, handpicked from the ranks of
your devout
You measure freedom by your dividends down at the Bank and Trust
I guess that means that youčre a lot more free than most of us
In your pristine suburban castles with the hedgerows and the fences all
around

CHORUS
The world is yours
I'm just passing through
I want nothing more from you
Given or earned
'Cause this land damn sure ain't my land
And this poisoned world it ain't God's plan
It's yours
Take it and burn