The Patriot Act Song
(Evan Eleven)
With yer cowboy boots and yer cowboy hat
ya must be a cowboy dressed like that
but ya ain't ridin' on no horse
'cos that would be too much work, of course
so ya drive around in yer SUV
and ya take yerself so seriously
and every single time I see
ya rollin' by it gets to me
yer burnin' gas, wavin' the flag
and ya hate the niggers and fags
but yer proud to be an Amerikin
last I heard, pride was a deadly sin
and ya say that yer a patriot
I say, yer just an idiot
ya wanna deport the immigrants
if they're guilty or innocent
and it sure ain't no coincidence-
yer bias based on ignorance
but still ya won't give em no chance
ya tell 'em to go back to France
and yer on a high horse, sittin' on yer ass
speedin' by, drivin' too fast
but where did ya get all that cash?
the money that ya saved to buy that gas
was made from the sweat off immigrants backs
but this is the way that Patriots Act
this is the way that Patriots Act
With yer cowboy boots and yer cowboy hat
yer struttin' round so big and fat
ya treat women like a sexist
well, I guess i'm gonna mess with Texas
'cos yer junior President George
stole an election, he started two wars
stole the next election- four years more
he met behind closed cabinet doors
then what did he do for an encore?
gave to the rich and robbed from the poor
cut taxes for his billionaire friends
and after that he cut taxes again
consolidate all the media stations
filled TV with misinformation
sent satellite spies to every nation
and paved the way for the invasion
and made the world safe for gentrification
put the rest of us on slave plantations
and to the victor go the spoils
he took the gold and took the oil
he did it here and he did it to Iraq-
this is the way that Patriots Act
this is the way that Patriots Act
With yer cowboy boots and yer cowboy hat
I think ya smell just like a rat
and I see yer emperor has no clothes
ya should know how the story goes
but I guess yer still in denial
in the Christian right's rank and file
and yer eatin' fast food, watchin' Fox News
gettin' brainwashed with yer racist views
teach English only, prayer in schools
every little kid's a patriotic tool
ya hate abortion, cut healthcare
and ya don't care about the poor's welfare
when disaster strikes ya shut yer eyes
and suck upon yer freedom fries
and every day that passes by
the flood waters start to rise
and every issue's gettin' worse
more money's fillin' up yer purse
but listen up- ya heard it here first
now yer bubble's about to burst
and the other shoe bomb's gonna drop
the dominoes fallin'- they won't stop
and so ya hide behind the cops
and yer phony flunky photo-ops
to preserve the myth of unity
in the land of opportunity
so long as yer skin ain't brown or black-
this is the way that Patriots Act
this is the way that Patriots Act
With yer cowboy boots and yer cowboy hat
I guess you'd say the world was flat
if that's what yer preacher said
yer bible's lies fill empty heads
and ya say that yer a patriot
I say, yer a motherfuckin' idiot
ya deny science, global warming
disposable culture's habit forming
and when Dubya needs his fix
when cowboys need to get their kicks
then terror's felt in other lands
yer family don't see yer bloody hands
yer friends don't know the secret plan-
conquer the world for the cowboy's command
and if anyone should rise up, rebel
ya make their life a livin' hell
with wire taps, computer bugs
undercover stools and vigilante thugs
on every corner, police swine
toady politicians fall in line
and the yesterdays all rewind
and take us back to another time
when fascist forces ruled the state
and world wars were built on hate
reaction against revolution
ended with a final solution
now the threat of mass extinction's
from Yankee weapons of mass destruction
so ain't ya got no history?
yer mind don't make no sense to me
'cos still ya don't learn that he
was like Hitler in Nazi Germany
if ya take away the cowboy hat
and pencil in a Hitler mustache
oblivious to all the facts-
this is the way that Patriots Act
this is the way that Patriots Act
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