In this land of bullet-ridden bibles
where serpents repent at circus tent revivals
we wonder what it's meant — is there hope for
survival

— in America.


Citizens dead, wed to silent mystery
it's like someone's read and rewrote all our sacred history
this ground's overfed — with the bodies of our kids
whispering

— in America.

But the Dow so high we're practically drowning
we can't see the sky — so some clown will be crowning
justice is blind but greed is
rebounding 

— in America.