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Good Riddance
For God And Country
Tell me who will arrest the political pollution?
Who's coming up with the eminent solution?
Who's gonna sell you something you can't use?
Who can broadcast phallacies and call it the news?
Who's gonna fight the almighty legislature?
When a woman's not a woman but another incubator
When the choleric voice of millions place another urgent call
And your right to choose is taken leaving no choice at all
Freedom is just a word, incendiary
Justice a blank ideal, our novel paradigm
Mirror of one way glass, somebody's watching
America flies first class
Some people say I'm bitter and I really should get over it
An angry young man with nothing tangible to show for it
But oppression breeds obsession like another mean season
And to turn a blind eye would be personal treason
In the sky there's a tiding greeting each and every birth
About how the unenlightened have inherited the earth
And if aids doesn't get you you can bet your neighbor will
Because his umbrage and obstruction give him liberty to kill
Freedom is just a word, incendiary
Justice a blank ideal, our novel paradigm
Mirror of one way glass, somebody's watching
America flies first class
When there's no more change to bring about
And when there's nothing left to sing about
And when my heart is empty
And there's no more greed to tempt me, oh yeah!
When there's no more change to bring about
And when there's nothing left to sing about
And when my heart is empty
And there's no more greed to tempt me
Yeah, America flies first class
There's no sense waiting in this state
I've realized too late
There's only so much left inside
Only so much space to hide
I've dreamed of castles in the air
But I've never found out where
I need a break or a vacation
Before I give myself a scare
Don't try to understand me
Your logic won't command me
Don't try to read between my mind
If I could kill you with a touch
I'd never hate this much
One thousand colors every day
But all I see is grey
My history is plagarized
I feel desensitized
Maybe one more shot of reason
Will ripple this disguise
Don't try to understand me
Your logic won't command me
Don't try to read between my mind
I told that man
Just what I thought of him
So I'm right back where I am
Tied to this bed
Subconciously restrained
And now I wish I hadn't said
What I said to both of my parents
Because I made my mother cry
If she'd only wait
I'll make it up to them
Because I can be a better man
Be a better man
Be a better...
I'm floating in a frozen sea
I'll watch the morning break
Giving way to shades of brown
I see those colors all around
For once there's no one here but me
And my autumn reverie
And in my heart it's just as close
As I know I'll ever be
Give me sensibilities without ambition
Give me accolades I've done nothing to collect
Then you spread your plague of ignorance across the planet earth
Robbing us of any self respect
It's a plan, these are ways
To a person we all fall down
Unless we rise as one and resist the right, right, right, right
It's a plan, these are ways
To a person we all fall down
Unless we rise as one and resist the right
When we cease to question war as entertainment
And christian battle hymns will keep us pacified
You can tie a yellow ribbon 'round your cock boy
You're just along for the ride
It's a plan, these are ways
To a person we all fall down
Unless we rise as one and resist the right, right, right, right
It's a plan, these are ways
To a person we all fall down
Unless we rise as one and resist the right
Yeah, we all fall down, we all fall
We all fall down, we all fall
We all fall down, we all fall
We all fall down,
We all fall down, we all fall down,
We all fall down, we all fall down...
The hightbrow poxy liberals all fall down
The harbingers of eden all fall down
The corporate rock religion all falls down
The liar in the office he falls down
It's a plan, these are ways
To a person we all fall down
Unless we rise as one and resist the right, right, right, right
It's a plan, these are ways
To a person we all fall down
Unless we rise as one and resist the right
Reason is gone
This brain is out of practice
Thinking is alien
It's alien to me
The day is through
The lights are off
And I'm alone again
Electrons comfort me,
The television is my only friend
There was a time that I swore,
This would never happen to me
I look for inspiration like I've never done so many times
There's something missing here I can't define
Would you like to come to a place inside my head
Or would you like to watch me fall asleep instead, instead
Indecision, television, takes my mind away
Growing stronger how much longer will things be this way
I look at my close friends they wear expressions of concern
They don't want me to forget all that they think I've learned
I've explained my situation but why can't they see
Friday's just another night for me, for me
Indecision, television, takes my mind away
Growing stronger how much longer will things be this way
Now there's a feeling that I get
When I'm at peace with all I see
And it's rare time that I spend
With no one else around but me
These moments are so precious now
Getting better just like wine
But wine won't make me happy
There was a time
I thought it would
I thought it could
I thought it should
Now turned around
I'm looking down
There's nothing there
But I can still
See myself a lonely boy
The day is through
The lights are off
And I'm alone again
Electrons comfort me,
The television is my only friend
There was a time that I swore,
This would never happen to me
Well I thought we'd arrived at a track in our history where we'd fought every endeavor we could fight
Yes I shuddered with grim preconception as the cannonade erupted into light
As my occular gaze lay dehiscient it seemed that I could not look away
And every god fearing son was a patriot and victory remained elusive just one bomb away
Oh yeah, one bomb away
And they say that custom will reconcile people to any atrocity -(George Bernard Shaw)
From Dachau to Belfast to Bagdad from sea to shining sea
And (they say) when facism crosses our borders it'll be wrapped up in a shroud glowing red, white and blue
And our rectors they say will explain it away as the ravings, the ravings of a passionate few
The ravings of a passionate few
Well I happened to visit a slaughterhouse where cessation's redolence rose to the sky
And proptious creatures await a most virulent fate which their pacific demeanor belies
It was a place I don't care to return to whose chambers compassions would not recognize
Where slaughter is sanctification and humanity covers it's eyes, covers it's eyes
Humanity covers it's eyes
And they say that custom will reconcile people to any atrocity -(George Bernard Shaw)
From Dachau to Belfast to Bagdad from sea to shining sea
And (they say) when facism crosses our borders it'll be wrapped up in a shroud glowing red, white and blue
And our rectors they say will explain it away as the ravings, the ravings of a passionate few
The ravings of a passionate few, that's you
My country 'tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing of thee I sing
No I don't want to be a patriot!
No I don't want to be a patriot!
And I don't want to die, want to be a patriot!
I don't want to be a patriot if that means being like you!
I remember when you disconnected
Such high hopes, but still rejected
I know, I've been there
'Thought something outside would always fix you
You should know by now it'll always trick you
I know, how it feels
It was all just boys and girls
Making the most of a fucked up world
Left with nothing, left insane
Live fast, die young, feel no pain
Why can't you open those eyes
Wasted living, your daydream dies
You've disconnected from all that you know, why?
Mom and dad let you out at night
If you're back by one it'll be alright
And you're safe now, safe from the world
But those nights won't stay the same
There's no more time for fun and games
And your habits are all wearing you down
It was all just boys and girls
Making the most of a fucked up world
Left with nothing, left insane
Live fast, die young, feel no pain
Why can't you open those eyes
Wasted living, your daydream dies
You've disconnected from all that you know, why? Why?
It was all just boys and girls
Making the most of a fucked up world
Left with nothing, left insane
Live fast, die young, feel no pain
Why can't you open those eyes
Wasted living, your daydream dies
You've disconnected from all that you know, why?
'Those nights won't stay the same
There's no more time for fun and games
And your habits are all wearing you down, down, down
It was all just boys and girls
Making the most of a fucked up world
Left with nothing, left insane
Live fast, die young, feel no pain
Why can't you open those eyes
Wasted living, your daydream dies
You've disconnected from all that you know, why?
How ready are you to die for an ideal
What's the connection between a lie and what is real
Mother Superior I've got an angel on my back
I'm one of the righteous and I'm never going back!
No, no, no, I'm never going back!
Who's that shining forth-right man about to die behind me
He's waiting for the portress to send me head over heels
Who's that black-heart four-star general walking up the hill
To ask the liberals nicely to help finance his private war
And if I didn't trust that man
When he puts the rifle in your hand
Sings you songs of pageantry and grace
And how much you want to bet on the other side
There's a man with twice your pride
And they put you feet first in an unmarked grave
There was a time in our history when we justified by saying our destinies manifest
Now imperialism is the man trial of the west
See that trigger happy college boys
Love a chance to try out their new toys
Then they wash the city streets clean with the blood of infidels
And if I didn't trust that man
When he puts the rifle in your hand
Sings you songs of pageantry and grace
And how much you want to bet on the other side
There's a man with twice your pride
And they put you feet first in an unmarked grave
As the fabric of democracy left tattered in the dust
We could put, another greedy man into the, dictatorial, puppet-show,
Now tell me who do you trust?
Who do you trust?
And an abominable hemisphere
Would perpetuate a heart-whole atmosphere
Call it a threat to national security
Call it just a poor-sick face
One more place
To export cheap labor
Hail the monarchy!
Hail the oligarchy!
A potential for anarchy
And we pat ourselves firmly on the back
It was a day like any other
My son he turned to me and said
"Father wherever did we go so wrong?"
I thought it over for a minute and said "Son
For twelve years,
There was a circus.
For twelve years,
There was a circus."
Sometimes I feel I want to dream my life away
And other times it seems all wrong
Still other days I want to throw my life away
That's when I know I don't belong
Now when I'm down some people ask me
Just when and where my luck did change
I smile and say the eighties broke my spirit
'Cause when the circus came to my town I was in it's way
For twelve years,
There was a circus.
For twelve years,
There was a circus
Sometimes I feel I want to dream my life away
And other times it seems all wrong
Still other days I want to throw my life away
That's when I know I don't belong
Know I don't belong
This charade is not for me
This charade is not for me
Just put aside what I think it means to me
Just put aside my eccentricities
There's nothing for me in this one horse town
At least until the circus came around
Can he make friends of the most bitter enemies
I'll believe it when I see it's what I say
Can he assuage our moral discontentment
I'll believe it on that unlikely day
I believe christian science may have something good to offer but I too believe it falls well short of a pipeline to god
At our best we are all creatures of volition but when we faulter in adjunction we relinquish all control
We relinquish all control
I met a man of god he tried his best to tell me my human fallibilities equate directly into sin
His philosophy carried no weight with me, his jaded mind won't let the truth find it's way in
I believe christian science may have something good to offer but I too believe it falls well short of a pipeline to god
At our best we are all creatures of volition but when we faulter in adjunction we relinquish all control
We relinquish all control
How does it feel? Can he replace all those days in hiding
Is it real? How many nights have you slept with regret
It's so sad, when no one is waiting to meet you
But the voices, the voices of what might have been
What might have been, of what might have been.
I used to be like her, we were one and the same
I liked to hold her, I used to know her name
Out on the water I feel her once again
I used to be like her I used to call her friend, friend
She was a lost child running way to fast
No matter where she went she could not get away
There's a voice reverberating deep inside my head
Telling me I should have made her stay
'Cause now there's no one but me
And I feel the sting
There was a time she was beautiful
She had so much life to give
But now all I remember is the broken shell I see in my nightmares,
I can hardly recognize her
'Cause now there's no one but me
And I feel the sting
Doesn't it feel good
Doesn't it feel good
Doesn't it feel good
Doesn't the sting feel good
Wrong Again
I saw you from a distance, somehow I knew our paths would cross someday
In my eyes you could do no wrong
I never thought I'd ever have someone like you, you came at a time when
I could count my friends on one hand
I don't think I want to be another float
In your sad parade
And it makes me wonder is this how you've treated
All the friends you've made
Yeah I put you on a pedestal I knew it was the worst thing I could do
I used to feel that way,
Black and grey.
Now everything is fucked up there's people talking shit, it looks like I was wrong
And I don't care who's right
I don't want to fight
And I don't think I want to be another float
In your sad parade
And it makes me wonder is this how you've treated
All the friends you've made
Friends you've made
Friends you've made
Why me?
This tape's been played before
Is this what friends are for?
It's all my fault
Wrong... Again
I woke up screaming just the other night shakened by another dream
I thought back to '80 thinking what would've happened if everything wasn't how it seemed
Ten years the lie survives, fucking with american lives, reduced to pawns in a power play
Too long they've suffered, not for America, just for a lead on election day
My October, my America, running out of time
My October, my America, read between the lines
My October, my America, running out of time
My October, my America, read between the lines
My October, my America, running out of time
My October, my America, read between the lines
I woke up screaming just the other night awakened by another dream
I thought back to '80 thinking what would've happened if everything wasn't how it seemed
Ten years the lie survives, fucking with american lives, reduced to pawns in a power play
Too long they've suffered, not for America, just for a lead on election day
Good Riddance.
Russ Rankin -- vocals.
Luke Pabich -- guitar.
Chuck Platt -- bass.
Dave Wagenschutz -- drums.