Step up! Be the first in line to have everything stripped from you How long did you think that they would pass you by? Taking those inalienable rights I'm not one of the walking blind Stand up - not right Guard down - must fight First glance appears the same, Decipher the fine-print-pacifist Don't you know? - the legislature's changed! I'm not one, you ought to know Who will sit around and watch everything that holds the bond until it's gone The systematic killing of Everything you thought you hold so close is gone - it's gone! So, now we're left to rip through their red tape Passing "it's your fault" laws, the lawyer's suit is pressed Another slap in the face of justice, i expect nothing less Inconvenience store america, sucking alcohol down Rural road passenger mowing people down Flier in my mailbox says keep my kids close Molester, rapist found Moving to my town Yeah i'll keep you close - cold in the ground! Now that it's gone, won't you make them bring it back All you hold so close inside it's gone - it's gone! Can't take this from me Take this from me, Take it from me, don't you know? Can you save me? It's too late Can you say? take it away, take all these rights from me! First amendment states All my speech is free Gonna have to take the throat To take it away from me Written in black-and-white You struggle for simple freedoms Are you going to stand and fight And bring on back Stand and bring it back Fight to bring it back Stand and bring it back the way it ought to be It's the systematic killing of the american dream Now people stand up and bring it back!