The American Way Words/Music by Brian Griffin (4-21-81) Stocks, bonds, credit cards Pay 10 bucks to see a movie star Quarters, dimes, nickels and cents Foot the bill for the big event Every week your pay gets less You can't buy the thrills of happiness They tax you for the air you breathe Shit like that they can't redeem Corporate eyes, green with greed Take more and more of your money That's not the way it should be The people don't care, they don't see Business men boast with pride That you're in debt until your die Don't stop the slide, they all say Don't interfere with the American Way The rich play the market for their kicks Working class is tired and sick At the eatery, the rich steak they carve While people with no money starve Upper class live life fast Lower class, life don't last The police obsession with oppression Silence protesters with their lethal weapons The government serves itself selfishly and screws the people it was made to please Don't expect to get a break It's dog eat dog, you'll learn your place You're in a free land but you're not free This is not the way it was meant to be We must change the people say But' you can't buddy, it's the American Way The President and the heads of state Get you for all that they can take The congress, the Senate and the House Most of the members are corrupt louse They send all the young boys to war While they go sleep around with whores They yell "Join the service,  you'll be a man" But if you're dead, who gives a damn The army mass produces clones So all the dead boys won't die alone They think they know what is right If you don't believe them you better learn to fight They have the power they have their will They have their reasons, their right to kill They'll drop the bomb if you disagree People who ask why they don't need There must be a change, they could see But it's too late to be free On the day when the world's the same The day we'll achieve the American Way