amerika v 6 0 the best we can do

Steve Earle

Look at ya
Yeah, take a look in the mirror now tell me what you see
Another satisfied customer in the front of the line for the American dream
I remember when we was both out on the boulevard
Talkin revolution and singin the blues
Nowadays it s letters to the editor and cheatin on our taxes
Is the best that we can do
Come on

Look around
There s doctors down on Wall Street
Sharpenin their scalpels and tryin to cut a deal
Meanwhile, back at the hospital
We got accountants playin God and countin out the pills
Yeah, I know, that sucks ? that your HMO
Ain t doin what you thought it would do
But everybody s gotta die sometime and we can t save everybody
It s the best that we can do

Four score and a hundred and fifty years ago
Our forefathers made us equal as long as we can pay
Yeah, well maybe that wasn t exactly what they was thinkin
Version six-point-oh of the American way
But hey we can just build a great wall around the country club
To keep the riff-raff out until the slump is through
Yeah, I realize that ain t exactly democratic, but it s either them or us and
And it s the best we can do

Yeah, passionely conservative
It s the best we can do

Conservatively passionate
It s the best we can do

Meanwhile, still thinkin
Hey, let s wage a war on drugs
It s the best we can do
Well, I don t know about you, but I kinda dig this global warming thing...