This Damn Nation

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I can hear this country cryin'

Three hundred million tears

For some Super Bowl commercial

That's gonna banish all its fears

My TV spews fake emotions

So saccharine I could choke

They call this entertainment

This drama is a joke

Yeah

This damn nation is a sentimental fool

Who's weepin' while there's work to do

Yeah this damn nation

Aw ya know I do adore

I'm just lookin' for a little more

We got greeting-card emotion

'Cause we can't express ourselves

I won't tell you to your face

But I'll call you on my cell

We got bumper sticker potshots

And we hide behind our screens

You can say anything you want

Just don't talk to me

Yeah

This damn nation is a spoiled little child

Selfish unrepentant and wild

Yeah this damn nation

Oh ya know I do adore

I'm just lookin' for a little more

Yeah this damnation

This indictment is a prayer

And in my mind no flags are burned

But American popular culture my friend

Is a contradiction in terms

We got twelve-year-olds conditioned

Sex and violence every day

We got kids thinkin' they're freaks

'Cause they're not getting laid

And don't talk about the airwaves

'Cause I can't hold back the tears

All the bands that could save your life

You will never hear

Yeah this damn nation

It leaves me so uninspired

Disappointed sad and tired

Yeah this damn nation

Oh ya know I do adore

I'm just lookin' for a little more

Yeah this damnation

This indictment is a prayer

And my country 'tis of thee I sing

And American popular culture can't be dead

'Cause there is no such thing