Liv ing in the wastel and of the free
We got p reachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines
And their s peech is growing inc reasingly unkind
They say they are Christ's disciples
But t hey don't look like Jesus to me
And it feels li ke I am l iving in the wasteland of the free
We got p oliticians runnin' races on corporate cash
Now don't tell m e they don't turn around and k iss them people's ass
Now you may call me old-fashioned
But t hat don't fit my picture of a true democracy
And it feels li ke I am l iving in the wasteland of the free
We got E O' s makin' two hu ndred times the workers pay
But they'll f ight like hell against raising the minimum wage
And if you don't like it mister
They'll ship your j ob to some third world country 'cross the sea
And it feels li ke I am l iving in the wasteland of the free
Living in the w asteland of the f ree
Where the poor have now become the enem y
Let's blame our t roubles on the weak ones
S ounds like some kind of Hitler remed y
Living in the w asteland of the fre e
We got l ittle kids with guns fighting inner-city wars
So what do we d o we put these little k ids behind prison doors
And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation
But that sounds like crap to me
And it feels li ke I am l iving in the wasteland of the free
We got h igh school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess
Who cannot p ass a sixth grade reading t est
But if you ask them they can tell you
The name of every crotch on MTV
And it feels li ke I am l iving in the wasteland of the free
We kill for o il then throw a party when we win
Some guy ref uses to fight and we call that the sin
But he's standin' up for what he believes in
And that seems pretty damned American to me
And it feels li ke I am l iving in the wasteland of the free
Living in the wa steland of the f ree
Where the poor have now become the enem y
Let's blame our t roubles on the weak ones
S ounds like some kind of Hitler remed y
Living in the w asteland of the fre e
W hilst we sit g loating in our greatness
J ustice is sinking to the b ottom of the sea
Living in the w asteland of the fre e
Living in the w asteland of the fre e
Living in the w asteland of the fre e
