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THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND
(With deep apologies to Woody Guthrie)
THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND, BUT NOW IT'S OUR LAND
YOUR PRISTINE MOUNTAINS, WE'LL REDUCE TO RUBBLE
AS WE CLEAR-CUT FORESTS, AND POLLUTE YOUR WATER
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
WE ONLY TALK TO THE K STREET PAID SHILLS
AND NEVER LOOK AT PROTESTORS' HANDBILLS
WHAT'S ONE MORE SPECIE? HERE COMES THE RAPTURE!
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND, BUT NOW IT'S OUR LAND
YOUR PRISTINE MOUNTAINS, WE'LL REDUCE TO RUBBLE
AS WE CLEAR-CUT FORESTS, AND POLLUTE YOUR WATER
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
WE'VE LIED AND SLANDERED AND WE VOTE IN LOCKSTEP
AND WE WON'T ADMIT TO A SINGLE MISSTEP
THE RICH AROUND US, THEIR VOICES ARE SOARING:
YOUR LAND IS MADE FOR US TO TAKE
THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND, BUT NOW IT'S OUR LAND
YOUR PRISTINE MOUNTAINS, WE'LL REDUCE TO RUBBLE
AS WE CLEAR-CUT FORESTS, AND POLLUTE YOUR WATER
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
WE'VE MORE AMBITION THAN JUST THIS NATION
SO FREEDOM'S MARCHING AND TYRANTS ARE FALLING
IF WE CALL THEM EVIL, WE JUST WANT THEIR OIL
THEIR LANDS ARE THERE FOR US TO OWN
THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND, BUT NOW IT'S OUR LAND
YOUR TOWNS AND CITIES, SHOCK 'N AWED TO RUINS
AS WE BUILD NEW BASES, WHILE WE FAKE ELECTIONS
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
WE SPIN THE GLOBE AND PICK A NEW QUAGMIRE
INTO THE QUAGMIRE, WE SEND THE YOUNG MEN
WITH THE OBSCENE PROFITS, WE KEEP OUR OWN SAFE
YOUR LIFE IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND, BUT NOW IT'S OUR LAND
YOUR TOWNS AND CITIES, SHOCK 'N AWED TO RUINS
AS WE BUILD NEW BASES, WHILE WE FAKE ELECTIONS
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHO RUNS THINGS
KNOW WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK
YOU MUST SHOP AT WAL-MART
AND EAT A BIG MAC
WEAR YELLOW RIBBONS
WHILE WE STEAL MILLIONS
YOUR LAND WAS THERE FOR US TO TAKE
THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND, BUT NOW IT'S OUR LAND
YOUR PRISTINE MOUNTAINS, WE'LL REDUCE TO RUBBLE
AS WE CLEAR-CUT FORESTS, AND POLLUTE YOUR WATER
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
THAT LAND WAS YOUR LAND, BUT NOW IT'S OUR LAND
YOUR TOWNS AND CITIES, SHOCK 'N AWED TO RUINS
AS WE BUILD NEW BASES, WHILE WE FAKE ELECTIONS
YOUR LAND IS UNDER OUR CONTROL
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