Here amongst the trappings of wealth
We seem to sit idly by
And watch our leaders
Slowly bleed our
planet dry.
Once an entire generation
Sang of our discontent.
Before corporations
Stole our nation
And silenced our dissent..
But we have weapons of mass instruction
More powerful than guns
Silent too long,
But they are strong
They can reach to everyone...
These weapons are our voices
And our target is greed and HATE
It's time for us to aim
With our songs again
And fire before it's too late,
And fire before it's too late..
In our privilege
In our complacence
In our cynicism too,
We've decided
Our hands are tied,
There's nothing we can do...
When a life's worth less than a barrel of oil
And our consumerism blinds us
Who will sing
For all the things
That we have left behind us
But we have weapons of mass instruction
More powerful than guns
Silent too long
But they are strong
They can reach to everyone...
These weapons are our voices
And our target is greed and HATE
It's time for us to aim
With our songs again
And fire before it's too late,
And fire before it's too late…
Let us attack with a volley of protest
Legions of singers to the fore...
Make it loud
Enough to drown
Out the drums of war....
But we have weapons of mass instruction
More powerful than guns
Silent too long,
But they are strong
They can reach to everyone,
They can reach to everyone...
We seem to sit idly by
And watch our leaders
Slowly bleed our
planet dry.
Once an entire generation
Sang of our discontent.
Before corporations
Stole our nation
And silenced our dissent..
But we have weapons of mass instruction
More powerful than guns
Silent too long,
But they are strong
They can reach to everyone...
These weapons are our voices
And our target is greed and HATE
It's time for us to aim
With our songs again
And fire before it's too late,
And fire before it's too late..
In our privilege
In our complacence
In our cynicism too,
We've decided
Our hands are tied,
There's nothing we can do...
When a life's worth less than a barrel of oil
And our consumerism blinds us
Who will sing
For all the things
That we have left behind us
But we have weapons of mass instruction
More powerful than guns
Silent too long
But they are strong
They can reach to everyone...
These weapons are our voices
And our target is greed and HATE
It's time for us to aim
With our songs again
And fire before it's too late,
And fire before it's too late…
Let us attack with a volley of protest
Legions of singers to the fore...
Make it loud
Enough to drown
Out the drums of war....
But we have weapons of mass instruction
More powerful than guns
Silent too long,
But they are strong
They can reach to everyone,
They can reach to everyone...
Contributed by giorgio - 2012/4/28 - 14:58
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