Drove the country
Saw the country
Watch the years pass me by
With the rolling hills

Saw my fathers
Missed my mother
Cried into the sky
"Is there anyone here at all?"

Saw some visions
Made decisions
America, you are the brave
But you're not always right.

AND SO IT IS, MY FRIEND
THE STORY GOES
SHE TELLS TWO FRIENDS
BUT SHE NEVER KNOWS

Ran a stop sign
Left the fine behind
Crossed international borders
And kissed the pigs in the sky

Starved for freedom
Made some money
Watched the world at our feet
Weeping for war

Drove the country
Saw the country
And all in a blaze of light
The shadows fells

AND SO IT IS, MY FRIEND
THE STORY GOES
SHE TELLS TWO FRIENDS
BUT SHE NEVER KNOWS

We built the new levees
But you burned down the townships
With your hands hot on your hips
You scolded the world

You made us believe you
And you took who we gave you
But you'll never have our voice
Because our voice is strong

Watched the sunrise
Fifty colors
Bleeding all around
Into the land

AND SO IT IS, MY FRIEND
THE STORY GOES
SHE TELLS TWO FRIENDS
BUT SHE NEVER KNOWS

Met faeries in taverns
Saw blood in the playgrounds
Asked for all the answers, them all
But never was replied

Saw dust in the moonlight
Saw hair in the rubble
Said, "Man I haven't seen anything like this
Since the death of Uncle Sam!"

Coughed in the alleys
Asked for some money
Pissed on the newspaper's name
And shat on the palace floor

AND SO IT IS, MY FRIEND
THE STORY GOES
SHE TELLS TWO FRIENDS
BUT THEY NEVER KNOW

AND SO IT IS, MY FRIEND
THE STORY GOES
SHE TELLS TWO FRIENDS
BUT THEY'LL NEVER KNOW