Breakdown

America is essentially a dream
It is a dream of a land where men of all races, of all nationalities
And of all creeds, can live together as brothers

Wasn't it long ago
Wasn't it a New England coast
Wasn't it the standard people praying to
The Son and the Father and the Holy Ghost
That they are endowed by their creator

One nation under God
With certain unalienable rights
Is that what we've now become?
The founding fathers left a noble legacy
That among these are life, liberty
And the pursuit of happiness
To their sons and daughters
Look at what we've done
Look at what we've done

Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown
As we learn to bite the hand
That tries to feed us
Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown
If we say that we are free
Who will believe us?
If we breakdown, breakdown, breakdown

See the powder on the glass
See the pillow on the street
See the charter of a modern love
With no obligations or promises to meet

Hear the fear of disease
Hear the baby never born
Hear a people crying out
Somebody save us Oh, please somebody save us
From what we're headed for from what we're headed for

The American dream reminds us that every man is
The heir and legacy of it. That ever since the founding fathers
Of our nation dreamed this dream, America has been to use a
Big word the psychiatrists and psychologists use, a schizophrenic
Personality

I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands
One nation, under God, invisible
With liberty and justice for all

This is a way of starving the American Dream