Dead Kennedys Stars Stripes Of Corruption Lyrics

Stars Stripes Of Corruption Lyrics

Finally got to washington in the middle of the night



I couldnt wait



I headed straight for the capitol mall



My heart began to pound



Yahoo! it really exists



The american international pictures logo







I looked up at that capitol building



Couldnt help but wonder why



I felt like saying "hello, old friend"







Walked up the hill to touch it



Then I unzipped my pants



And pissed on it when nobody was looking







Like a great eternal klansman



With his two flashing red eyes



Turn around hes always watching



The washington monument pricks the sky



With flags like pubic hair ringed round the bottom







The symbols of our heritage



Lit up proudly in the night



Somehow fits to see the homeless people



Passed out on the lawn







So this is where it happens



The power games and bribes



All lobbying for a piece of ass







Of the stars and stripes of corruption



Makes me feel so ashamed



To be an american



When were too stuck up to learn from our mistakes



Trying to start another viet nam



Whilke fiddling while rome burns at home



The boss says, "youre laid off. blame the japanese"



"americas back," alright



At the game it plays the worst



Strip mining the world like a slave plantation







No wonder others hate us



And the hitlers we handpick



To bleed their people dry



For our evil empire







The drug were fed



To make us like it



Is God and country with a band







People we know who should know better



Howl, "america riles. lets go to war!"



Business scams are whats worth dying for







Are the soviets our worst enemy? 



Were destroying ourselves instead



Who cares about our civil rights



As long as I get paid? 







The blind me-generation



Doesnt care if lifes a lie







So easily used, so proud to enforce







The stars and stripes of corruption



Lets bring it all down!



Tell me whos the real patriots



The archie bunker slobs waving flags? 



Or the people with the guts to work



For some real change



Rednecks and bombs dont make us strong



We loot the world, yet we cant even feed ourselves



Our real test of strength is caring



Not the toys of war we sell the world



Just carry on, thankful to be farmed like worms



Old glory for a blanket



As you suck on your thumbs







Real freedom scares you



cos it means responsibility







So you chicken out and threaten me







Saying, "love it or leave it"



Ill get beat up if I criticize it



You say youll fight to the death



To save your worthless flag







If you want a banana republic that bad



Why dont you go move to one



But what can just one of us do? 



Against all that money and power



Trying to crush us into roaches? 







We dont destroy society in a day



Until we change ourselves first



From the inside out







We can start by not lying so much



And treating other people like dirt



Its easy not to base our lives



On how much we can scam







And you know



It feels good to lift that monkey off our backs







Im thankful I live in a place



Where I can say the things I do



Without being taken out and shot



So Im on guard against the goons



Trying to take my rights away



Weve got to rise above the need for cops and laws







Let kids learn communication



Instead of schools pushing competition



How about more art and theater instead of sports? 







People will always do drugs



Lets legalize them



Crime drops when the mob cant price them



Budgets in the red? 



Lets tax religion







No one will do it for us



Well just have to fix ourselves



Honesty aint all that hard



Just put rambo back inside your pants



Causing trouble for the system is much more fun







Thank you for the toilet paper



But your flag is meaningless to me



Look around, were all people



Who needs countries anyway? 







Our land, I love it too



I think I love it more than you



I care enough to fight







The stars and stripes of corruption



Lets bring it all down!



If we dont try



If we just lie



If we cant find



A way to do it better than this



Who will?