Billy Bragg - Help Save The Youth Of America Lyrics
Help save the youth of americaHelp save them from themselvesHelp save the sun-tanned surfer boysAnd the californian girlsWhen the lights go out in the rest of the worldWhat do our cousins sayTheyre playing in the sun and having fun, fun, funTill daddy takes the gun awayFrom the big church to the big riverAnd out to the shining seaThis is the land of opportunityAnd theres a monkey trial on tvA nation with their freezers fullAre dancing in their seatsWhile outside another nationIs sleeping in the streetsDont tell me the old, old storyTell me the truth this timeIs the man in the mask or the indianAn enemy or a friend of mineHelp save the youth of americaHelp save the youth of the worldHelp save the boys in uniformTheir mothers and their faithful girlsListen to the voice of the soldierDown in the killing zoneTalking about the cost of livingAnd the price of bringing him homeTheyre already shipping the body bagsDown by the rio grandeBut you can fight for democracy at homeAnd not in some foreign landAnd the fate of the great united statesIs entwined in the fate of us allAnd the incident at tschernobyl provesThe world we live in is very smallAnd the cities of europe have burned beforeAnd they may yet burn againAnd if they do I hope you understandThat washington will burn with themOmaha will burn with themLos alamos will burn with them
