You walk past an activist, who is talking on the street,

About political prisoners, locked up in you own home state,

And you think for just a minute, you think for just a second,

Then you say, "That can't be true! 'Cause I live in the land of

freedom...where no one gets a screw!"



Chorus

You turn your face, you turn you back, you say "That can't be true!",

You stay safe locked in your prefab world,

'cause your sure it won't happen to you,

Your sure it won't happen to you,

Just wait til it happens to you!



You heard it everyday, since the first day of your life,

But you never stoped to think, what you heard was full of lies,

You can't question for a minute. can't question for a second.

'cause your nothing but a tool, who's blueprints are tailored and fashioned,

Each night by the evening news.



Chorus

You turn your face, you turn you back, you say "That can't be true!",

You stay safe locked in your prefab world,

'cause your sure it won't happen to you,

Your sure it won't happen to you,

Just wait til it happens to you!



You could stand on the street, talk til your blue in the face,

And they would not make you stop, 'cause you have no power base,

But if Dan Rather got on the evening news, and said,

"It's time for revolution!"

The F.B.I. would fuck him up so bad, He'd wish he wasn't living.



They call it America, "Land of the free, Home of the brave"

More to the truth it's a murderer, It's the land of the enslaved.



Chorus

You turn your face, you turn you back, you say "That can't be true!",

You stay safe locked in your prefab world,

'cause your sure it won't happen to you,

Your sure it won't happen to you,

Just wait til it happens to you!