⁣"This Bud’s for You"


American man
Put down your beer can
Turn off the tube


Don’t you chafe at the way you’ve been used
And abused
And what you’ve been made to do


There’ve been those foreign wars
And the jobs they’ve off-shored


They made your son into a moron
And your daughter a whore
And yet you take it


The powers you entrusted?
They let the aliens invade


Then they took your job away
And your dignity too


They said that convenience is freedom
And that credit cards make sense


They called you a bigot
A believer
In conspiracy nonsense


They said “Made in China” is patriotic
And what the papers write is true


They told you dissent is extremism
And the slaughter of the innocent
A human right


They said that war makes democracy
And true belief is hypocrisy


Then they threw away your patrimony
And asked you to die in Iraq


So are you just about ready?
To finally take this seriously?


To solemnly reflect
On all that’s been
What could have been
And what might still be?


Tell me
To which do you choose to cling?
To life or to liberty
Is a servile existence
Good enough for you?


I hope you’ve come to understand
No party
No negotiation
No compromise
Can help you now



Put down the remote
You know what needs to be done