Simplified

We are the best of the worst

And the worst of the best;

We parade how we help,

And then make the biggest mess.

We drive the fastest cars

Because we spend the most cash,

Spend the most time at funerals

For the cars we crash.

Our buildings get bigger,

But our gadgets get smaller;

Riots on the streets

Over a dollar per hour.


When the gas prices go up,

The gas stations shut down;

We’re all driving insane

To get the best price in town.

We can wave one flag,

While burning another.

When cash gets tight,

We can sue our own mothers.

We’re all interconnected,

Thanks to AT&T.

We know more about celebrities

Than you and me.


Walking with our headphones in;

Thumbs texting away.

Shutting out the world,

Just like we did yesterday.

We have a freedom of speech,

But no one wants to hear it.

We should be making peace,

But we’re too mad to come near it.

The never ending

Deficit spending

Got Bush mending

And pretending

The troops he’s sending

He’s just lending

To a cause—with no effect.

And he won’t leave

Til’ there’s no ‘Raquis left.

The ‘07 Budget’s out

And it’s really quite something:

Art, Sp. Ed, and Drug Ed. in schools

Has been reduced to nothing.

It’s beginning to seem

A little concerning

When Bush doesn’t want

The special kids learning.

But who’s got the money these days

When your country’s at war?

But now they’re killing each other,

So what are we there for?

But despite all of the circumstances,

I guess we’re doing okay;

Even if the sun won’t rise tomorrow,

I’ll just order one off E-Bay.

Just like E-Bay, we have been given it all

To the very last bit.

But we’re a generation of rebels

And don’t want any of it.

We live larger than life

And feed our bodies ‘til they burst;

No doubt we are the billion

That McDonalds’ serves.

We pollute the earth,

Pirate songs for our ears,

Eyes glued to the tube

Until we can’t see clear.

We pledge our allegiance

And then quickly take back the rest—

It’s a hellish world we live in

So bless the U.S.

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