the grapes of wrath are coming back
history is unavoidably cyclical
and so is America being on top

There is no one to point a finger at
except the few in power
and the abstract masses that gives it to them

The Mutated Elephant sucked
but we’re the idiots that put him there…twice

even if he stole it
no one in power would stand up to it
except some wacky guy
who believes in aliens

America was wise when it was born,
it’s like we started old and wise,
then kicked it to reverse
now we’re just one big decadent baby
who’s about to find out
what it’s like to be hungry

well the cycles tumble with unstoppable momentum
the fed is just shooting a 22 at a speeding bullet train
like a spider web trying to stop a falling boulder

and our tax cuts are compliments of the generous lending
of those current Olympian hosts in the East
whose communism now includes Wal Mart and McDonalds

When they become number one
they’ll be our daddy
and they won’t even need nukes to do it
we’ll just give ourselves over to them at wholesale interest rates
that we haven’t even the means to pay

We need to leave the elephants and donkeys
in the zoo where they belong
we need to be owls
and put wisdom first

they were giving donuts out at work today
i eagerly grabbed two and whisked off to my desk
the guy next to me begged me for the second one
and we’re making fairly well above minimum wage

the McDonalds dollar menuaire choices are cheaper than groceries
and Coca Cola is five times cheaper than orange juice
the only stability in the food economy
is in the junk food in the vending machines

we’re going to frugal ourselves to death on top of all of our other problems