Holiday Parade

We lost
Lost the revolution
Behind closed doors
After mass executions
We lost
Now whatcha gonna do?
It's the same or worse
And there ain't nothin' new

Free speech!
For those who can buy it
New clothes!
If you're dumb enough to try it
Opportunity!
If ya got white skin
Ya got freedom
When to exercise again

8 cops
Couldn't do a thing to hurt me.
8 days
Couldn't do a thing to stop me
When I shoulda been out
And they shoulda been in
Why can't I throw up my hands
And just say that they win?

I got such a laugh
Outta your T.V.
And I'm sure as hell glad
That those faces ain't me
It's been a long, long time
Since I saw a thing
With any value at all
Is this the place I've been?

Well I'm not quite sure what I'm gonna do
But my options right now are gettin' kinda few
If it wasn't for all the friends I've made
I woulda bombed more than one fuckin' holiday parade
Some say that I don't belong here and that may be true
But why all the violence, 'cause I'm smarter than you?
The border seems farther away from me now
I'm gonna stay until they try ta get me out somehow