War Drum (This Ain't America)

Camouflaged in the red, white & blue an American son hear the steady rhythms of the ancients like a primal rerun “he was a good boy” he turned out right but he’s digging us deep in a bottomless pit. He’s got big demographics -exit polls competition zero dropped out of high school -went to ‘Nam he’s a superhero media puppet institutions daily spin of the constitution I’m sick of it all -it ain’t goin’ away it’s the same old song – “liberty” All I can hear is the beating of the war drum and it’s all drawn out nothin’ but misery (now come on) painting the centuries (this ain’t America) from the pharaoh to the marrow give me straight and narrow this ain’t America Politics and a run to the center but we keep buying more “Cry Havoc!” (for the casualties) “and let slip the dogs of war” (that’s Shakespeare) Eye on the past but we’re blind today as nuclear bombs blow us all away if we don’t wake up soon and realize tomorrow is gone and it’s kingdom come on a gangway… beating of the war drum feed a hunger’s madness breeding the battleground (from the low road) a holy war hell bound (here comes another one) from the crusades to our masquerades I’m a freelance renegade unbreakable faith now look for the high road this ain’t America… All I can hear is the beating of the war drum and it’s all drawn out nothin’ but misery (now come on) painting the centuries (this ain’t America) from the pharaoh to the marrow give me straight and narrow hey – hear the beating of the war drum hear it beating now? We’re taking a beating from the war drum humanity singing “we will overcome” We’re taking a beating… feed a hunger’s madness breeding the battleground a holy war hell bound ALL WAR DRUM. Ghost dance for a romance it’s a game of chance for the piss-ants take a solemn stance in your circumstance and start a war dance… beating of the war drum and it’s all drawn out breeding the battleground (now come on) a holy war hell bound (this ain’t America) from the pharaoh to the marrow give me straight and narrow come on -this ain’t America…no, no. no…

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025