Born in Time

To learn to love the bomb became today's new trepidation We were young when it began to become God under one nation There's lunatics in politics, I guess that never changes You have to have a few screws loose to think we're still the basis Of the world's great superpowers when this country needs a facelift To try to hide the well worn lines and Crow's feet of a racist Planted firmly in the fertile soil of our old confederation Maybe tonight We admit that something's wrong What's on your mind When you realize that it's gone? In a past perfect world I want you to define 'Cause I was born in the USA, but I was not born in time Believing your conspiracies is easier than tasting The blood you spit from taking hits in an attempt to change it So punch me in and punch me out and cut me when i'm fading And open up my eyes to see the praising of the pavement When talking heads begin to scream our home is not the place Something we finally agree upon, this world is a replacement And the only thing that's evergreen's those presidential faces Maybe tonight We admit that something's wrong What's on your mind When you realize that it's gone? In a fast forward world I just wanna rewind 'Cause I was born in the USA, but I was not born in time I was born in the USA, but I was not born in time It won't be called a masterpiece the same day that it's painted With brush strokes from the blood of folks Stained red on graves still nameless And everything we've ever been's because somebody claimed it The justice puzzle incomplete her scales tipped towards the favorites Who want a world devoid of love and love to watch the hatred So face to face with grace and all we'll fight until we're breaking This land is yours this land is mine we're all we have, we're sacred Maybe tonight We admit that something's wrong What's on your mind When you realize that it's gone? In a vast lonely world I want you by my side 'Cause I was born in the USA, but I was not born in time I was born in the USA, but I was not born in time I was born in the USA But I was not Born in time