The Ostrich Lyrics

The Ostrich lyrics

We'll call you when you're six years old 

And drag you to the factory


To train your brain for eighteen years 

With promise of security


But then you're free 

And forty years you waste to chase the dollar
sign 

So you may die in Florida 

At the pleasant age of sixty nine




The water's getting hard to drink 

We've mangled up the country
side 

The air will choke you when you breathe 

We're all committing
suicide 

But it's alright 

It's progress folks keep pushin' till your
body rots 

Will strip the earth of all it's green 

And then divide her
into parking lots 



But there's nothing you and I can do 

You and I
are only two 

What's right and wrong is hard to say 

Forget about it for
today 

We'll stick our heads into the sand 

Just pretend that all is
grand 

Then hope that everything turns out ok 



You're free to
speak your mind my friend 

As long as you agree with me 

Don't
criticize the father land 

Or those who shape your destiny 

'Cause if
you do 

You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew


We'll send out all our boys in blue 

They'll find a way to silence you




But there's nothing you and I can do 

You and I are only two


What's right and wrong is hard to say 

Forget about it for today


We'll stick our heads into the sand 

Just pretend that all is grand


Then hope that everything turns out ok