I am a backseat driver from AmericaThey drive to the left on Falls RoadAnd the man at the wheels name is ShamusWe pass a the child on a corner he knowsAnd Shamus says now what chance has that kid gotAnd I say from the back I don't knowHe says there's barbed wire at all of these exitsThere ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to goAnd it's a hard life, it's a hard lifeIt's a very hard lifeIt's a hard life wherever you goAnd we poison our children with hatredAnd the hard life is all that they knowAt the dairyline in ChicagoA fat man in front of meHe's calling black people trash to his childrenAnd he's the only trash here I seeAnd I'm thinking this man wears a white hoodIn the night when his children should sleepBut they'll slip to their windows and see himThey'll think that white hood's all they needAnd it's a hard life, it's a hard lifeIt's a very hard lifeIt's a hard life wherever you goAnd if we poison our children with hatredThen the hard life is all that they knowI was a child of the sixtiesWhen dreams could be held through tearsWith Disney and Cronkite and Martin LutherAnd I belived, I believed, I believedNow I'm a backseat driver from AmericaAnd I'm not at the wheel of controlAnd I am guilty, I am worn, I am the root of all evilAnd I can't drive on the left side of the roadAnd it's a hard life, it's a hard lifeIt's a very hard lifeIt's a hard life wherever you goAnd if we poison our children with hatredThen the hard life is all that they'll knowAnd there ain't no place in this world for these kids to goCause it's a hard life wherever you go~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham,Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die youngI just looked around and he's gone.Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin,Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die youngI just looked around and he's gone.Has anybody here seen my old friend John,Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die youngI just looked around and he's gone.Didn't you love the things they stood for?Didn't they try to find some good in you and me?And we'll be freeSomeday soon it's gonna be one dayHas anybody here seen my old friend Bobby,Can you tell me where he's gone?I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hillWith Abraham and Martin and John.
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