Big Country We`re Not In Kansas Lyrics

We`re Not In Kansas Lyrics

What did you learn in school today

Did you learn to run when the teachers
pray

Did they teach you enough to know the state you're in

Not
enough to get out, not enough to win

What did you learn at home today

Did you learn to hate in the proper way

Did your liberated parents
patronize your friends

Cos they had enough money, cos they had the right
skin

I wander 'round thinking, well, what kind of place is this

Well maybe it's in the parks, maybe it's in the stores

But I know if
we're being honest, it's in the people

But they're all caught up in the
traffic

Listening to the weather

Well dog, I know we're not in
Kansas—the sky's all colored wrong

I know we're not in Kansas—the days
are all too long

I sure don't understand this—that's what you're howling
for

I know we're not in Kansas, Kansas anymore

What did you learn
in your job today

Did you learn to sleep while the boss is away

Did
you shut your mouth when he called you down

Cos there's not much work in
that kind of town

I wander around thinking, well what kind of place is
this

Where they say hey well what did you do in the war

And I ask
well hey man well what did you do with the peace

Well we built these real
safe weapons, so we could sleep with ease

Well dog, I know we're not in
Kansas—the sky's all colored wrong

I know we're not in Kansas—the days
are all too long

I sure don't understand this—that's what you're howling
for

I know we're not in Kansas, Kansas anymore

Well what kind of
place is this

On the wrong side of the rainbow where the twisters never
come

And they tore up all the yellow bricks and they sold them to
Japan

And still the advertisers tell you, hey, there's no place like
home

Well dog, I know we're not in Kansas—the sky's all colored wrong

I know we're not in Kansas—the days are all too long

I sure don't
understand this—that's what you're howling for

I know we're not in
Kansas, Kansas anymore

I know we're not in Kansas—the sky's all colored
wrong

I know we're not in Kansas—the days are all too long

I sure
don't understand this—that's what you're howling for

I know we're not in
Kansas, Kansas anymore