you're one of those people who swim and swim but never make a ripple.
you were born on third base but you walk around like you hit a triple.
someone once told me I always got a look on my face like I just did somethin' wrong.
by the time I left his sight he had an empty back pocket and I had me another song.

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and If I had a basketball I would bounce it high enough that It could never come down.
And if I had a limousine I would sit in the back and plan an attack on the man who took the land that never belonged to him.
This country's not even that old still you never been told the real reason why the Indian don't want you comin' around.
No this country's not even that old and I'm tryin' to love it but I'm not sure if the government wants me to be lookin' up or down.

a country goes to pieces when some old man drops it on the floor
and we all know that peace is the one thing revolution cannot ignore.
but a real prophet don't make no profit when his healing hands are filthy
and when the foundation of a nation made all the innocent look guilty.

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