I set charges in Maine and Florida

In Washington and California

I gave fair warning and lit the fuse

Right at the beginning of the network news



All I did was listen to the Fates

I blew up the United States

Now little bits of Texas

Are floating up in space

I blew up the United States



I put plastique in the Statue of Liberty

And my nerves got a little bit jittery

Poor little lady, there goes her head

Her arm is melting and her eyes turned red



All I did was listen to the Fates

I blew up the United States

Now little bits of Texas

Are floating up in space

I blew up the United States



It's a free country

I'm within my rights

Every child should have a weapon

And a ton of dynamite

My hand is steady

And my eye is cold

A voice inside my head

Keeps saying "Do as you are told"



All I did was listen to the Fates

I blew up the United States

Now little bits of Texas

Are floating up in space

I blew up the United States