The Great American Novel - Kevin Max

I was born, raised an orphan in a land that once was free

In a land that poured its love out on the moon

And I grew up in the shadows in your silos filled with grain

But you never helped to fill my empty spoon

And when I was 10, you murdered love with courtroom politics

And you learned how to make a lie sound just like truth

But I know you better now and I don’t fall for all your tricks

And you’ve lost the one advantage of my youth

You kill a black man at midnight just for talking to your daughter

Then you make his wife your mistress and you leave her without water

And the sheet you wear upon your face is the sheet your children sleep on

It’s against the law to pray in school

You say we beat the Russians to the moon

And I say you starved your children to do it

You are far across the ocean but the war is not your own

And while you’re winning theirs, you’re gonna lose the one at home

Do you really think the only way to bring about the peace

Is to sacrifice your children and kill all your enemies?

The politicians all make speeches while the news men all take note

And they exaggerate the issues as they shove them down our throats

Is it really up to them whether this country sinks or floats?

Well, I wonder who would lead us if none of us would vote

Well, my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped from whispering through the

fence

You know every move I make, or is that just coincidence?

Well, you try to make my way of life a little less like jail

If I promise to make tapes and slides and send them through the mail

And your money says in God we trust

But it’s against the law to pray in school

You say we beat the Russians to the moon

And I say you starved your children to do it

You say all men are equal, all men are brothers

Then why are the rich more equal than others?

Don’t ask me for the answer, I’ve only got one

That a man leaves his darkness when he follows the Son