The national nightmare has begun

Empire of fantasy with a dark gloved fist aloft

While the challenger explodes

Banks are failing coming down hard



The way things are going I'm moving to the sun belt

Stars and stripes, forever is a long time

Don't ask me what's to be done

Ask what you can do for your country ?



The Big Dipper' coming down

Miss America's lost her crown

Guess I've spent too long in this old town

No time to run and hide

We've been taken for a ride

America leads the world in teenage suicide



I always thought it would have been great

To be a part of the United States

a land of unmissed opportunity

A friend seems so far ahead

A land safe on film

Untouched by reality

But like a well played record seemed to scratch

The news that real life and cinema don't match

Even Forrest Gump can't save us now



The king of Hollywood is dead

I don't care what the president said

I don't believe in everything I've read

The Big Dipper's coming down

New York's just a shanty town

That distant sound is L.A. burning down



The golden years of justice

The golden years of youth

The golden years of liberty

The golden years of truth



Laser bombin'

Status seekin'

Trail blazin'

Frontier pushin'

Space racin'

Earth quakin'

Jesus freakin'

Serial killin'

Cult crushin'

Net surfin'

Networkin'

Fast talkin'

Gun runnin'

Fun lovin'

America !



The Big Dipper' coming down

Miss America's lost her crown

Guess I've spent too long in this old town

No time to run and hide

We've been taken for a ride

America leads the world in teenage suicide

The Big Dipper's coming down

New York's just a shanty town

That distant sound is L.A. burning down

The king of Hollywood is dead

I don't care what the president said

I don't believe in everything I've read