Wasteland Of The Free - Written By Iris Dement

[Intro]

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Living in the wasteland of the free

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We got preachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines
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And their speech is growing increasingly unkind
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They say they are Christ's disciples
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But they don't look like Jesus to me
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And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

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We got politicians runnin' races on corporate cash
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Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them people's ass
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Now you may call me old-fashioned
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But that don't fit my picture of a true democracy
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And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

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We got C E O's makin' two hundred times the workers pay
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But they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage
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And if you don't like it mister
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They'll ship your job to some third world country 'cross the sea
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And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

[Chorus]
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Living in the wasteland of the free
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Where the poor have now become the enemy
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Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
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Sounds like some kind of   Hitler remedy
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Living in the wasteland of the free

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We got little kids with guns fighting inner-city wars
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So, what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors
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And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation
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But that sounds like crap to me
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And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

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We got high school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess
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Who cannot pass a sixth grade reading test
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But if you ask them, they can tell you
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The name of every crotch on MTV
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And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

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We kill for oil then throw a party when we win
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Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin
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But he's standin' up for what he believes in
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And that seems pretty damned American to me
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And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

[Chorus]
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Living in the wasteland of the free
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Where the poor have now become the enemy
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Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
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Sounds like some kind of   Hitler remedy
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Living in the wasteland of the free

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Whilst we sit gloating in our greatness
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Justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea
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Living in the wasteland of the free
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Living in the wasteland of the free
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Living in the wasteland of the free

Chords:
Am = X02210
C  = X32010
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Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 7th Feb 1998