Tea Party
Ryan Harvey

Tea party on the capitol lawn, asking you which side you're on
Drawing battle lines in this country

We're a rich nation full of boarded homes, crowded prisons, abandoned schools
Poor folks with hard goals, rich folks with poor souls,
Undereducated and overgrown, uninsured and over-loaned
Clinging hard to what we own, trying to win the rat race

So you hate taxes on the working poor? Unless they're earmarked for the war?
Or an electric fence on the border? But not for nurses and doctors?
Priorities flipped, that's the way it looks to me, and I work hard for my money
But I don't believe in an economy that sets people up to fall

Tea party on the capitol lawn and Sarah Palin's singing along
Laughing all the way to the Pentagon

Tea party on the capitol lawn, asking you which side you're on
Drawing battle lines in this country

There's something in our world-view, something bout the lens we look through
That keeps us from building something new that works out better for more of us
It's in the crack where the levees broke, it's in the cash Goldman Sachs stole
It's in the fields of Tomatoes where the legacy of slavery roams

It's a hatred born of jealous fear, a hatred born and bred right here
Xenophobic and insecure with a deadly outcome
It's a racism that grows and thrives as religion's used to justify
An endless list of human rights denied in the name of Liberty

Tea party on the capitol lawn and Christian terrorists are singing along
Getting ready for the race war

Tea party on the capitol lawn, asking you which side you're on
Drawing battle lines in this country

You're saying Immigrants should go back home, I say know the ground that you're standing on
Cuz Arizona was Mexico, and your grandparents were European
And our national heroes like Thomas Paine were immigrants when they came
And called themselves Americans, that's how it's always been

They're taking our jobs, that's what you're told, and so that's the story-line you hold
But the people putting folks out in the cold didn't come here on foot
No, Maria and Juan didn't steal your jobs, they were outsourced by Bill and Ron
As South America's wealth was robbed by U.S. corporate policies

And when they dumping the Tea in the Boston, it was an attack against a corporation
So I don't see the connection between their story and yours
And Crispus Attucks and the Boston dead weren't fighting for a white nation
They were fighting against an occupation like the Iraq and Afghan wars

Tea party on the capitol lawn, asking you which side you're on
Battle lines are being drawn in this country

Purchase "Tea Party" Purchase Entire Album Email Video to Friends Play Youtube "Tea Party" Video Play Spotify "Tea Party" Song View Wikipedia "Tea Party" Entry Receive Emails for Future Ryan Harvey Lyrics

Link to "Tea Party"

Share:

Copied!

Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more

See Recommended Lyrics For You

Loading...

Lyrics by Ryan Harvey

Related Songs

The Dolls' Tea Party - The Magnetic Fields Tea Party - Alice In Wonderland Soundtrack Tea Party - Kerli Boston Tea Party [1995 Studio Re-recording] - Fish Boston Tea Party [1995 Re-Recording with the Sensa... Boston Tea Party - Al Fish Interzone - Tea Party Soulbreaking - Tea Party Halcyon Days - Tea Party Time - Tea Party Must Must - Tea Party Apathy - Tea Party White Water Siren - Tea Party The Master and Margarita - Tea Party Dust to Gold - Tea Party Mantra - Tea Party Requiem - Tea Party Walking Wounded - Tea Party These Living Arms - Tea Party Angels - Tea Party Temptation - Party Tea Coming Back Again - Tea Party The Tea Party - Oh No Ono Boston Tea Party - Fish Coquelicot's Tea Party - of Montreal Boston Tea Party - Chimpo Into The Garden - Danny Elfman Sippin Tea - Mister Chase London Bridge - Sage Francis Squeal - No Doubt Squeal - Gwen Stefani Squel - No Doubt DA4 - Let's Tea Party Certain Slant of Light - The Tea Party Correspondences - The Tea Party Fire in the Head - The Tea Party The Bazaar - The Tea Party Walter Benjamin - Let's Tea Party Save Me - The Tea Party A Certain Slant of Light - The Tea Party In This Time - The Tea Party Temptation - The Tea Party The River - The Tea Party Release - The Tea Party Aftermath - The Tea Party Gyroscope - The Tea Party Alarum - The Tea Party Transmission - The Tea Party Babylon - The Tea Party Pulse - The Tea Party Emerald - The Tea Party Army Ants - The Tea Party Psychopomp - The Tea Party Words - Boston Tea Party Sister Awake - The Tea Party Turn the Lamp Down Low - The Tea Party Inanna - The Tea Party Walk With Me - The Tea Party Silence - The Tea Party Drawing Down the Moon - The Tea Party Coming Home - The Tea Party Shadows on the Mountainside - The Tea Party Taking Me Away - The Tea Party Lifeline - The Tea Party Paint It Black - The Tea Party Waiting on a Sign - The Tea Party Walking Wounded - The Tea Party The Messenger - The Tea Party Time - The Tea Party A Slight Attack - The Tea Party These Living Arms - The Tea Party Heaven Coming Down - The Tea Party Samsara - The Tea Party Touch - The Tea Party Underground - The Tea Party Great Big Lie - The Tea Party The Messenger - The Tea Party Chimera - The Tea Party Gone - The Tea Party Mantra - The Tea Party Hot Chip - Let's Tea Party Dust to Gold - The Tea Party Requiem - The Tea Party Cathartik - The Tea Party The Master & Margarita - The Tea Party Apathy - The Tea Party Interzone - The Tea Party Angels - The Tea Party Soulbreaking - The Tea Party Lullaby - The Tea Party Must Must - The Tea Party White Water Siren - The Tea Party Oceans [*] - The Tea Party Overload [*] - The Tea Party Brand New Key - Mad Tea Party Wishing You Would Stay - The Tea Party Coming Back Again - The Tea Party Empty Glass - The Tea Party Seven Circles - The Tea Party Stargazer - The Tea Party Relearn Love - The Tea Party Luxuria - The Tea Party Overload - The Tea Party Oceans - The Tea Party The Watcher - The Tea Party Messenger - The Tea Party The Halycon Days - The Tea Party Sister Awake [DVD] - The Tea Party Save Me [DVD] - The Tea Party Psychopomp [DVD] - The Tea Party Fire in the Head [DVD] - The Tea Party Release [DVD] - The Tea Party Army Ants [DVD] - The Tea Party Boston Tea-Bag Party - Burnt by the Sun I'm Mi - Mila J I'm Mi - Mila J Mr. Owl - Aeiou Just Dance - Feeling We Can Dance (Hidden Track) - Feeling Alienation - Poison Girls The Macc Lads' Party - Macc Lads Dancing to the Party Next Door - Neil Diamond We Can Dance - The Feeling Party Started - The Cat Empire Icy Icers - Attempted Life Quanta Costa Cervesa - Boyzvoice The Shape Of Things That Never Came... UK Visa Versa - MC Lars Tea - Sam Brown Tea - King Diamond Tea - Lady Gaga Dance of the Crackpots - Ian Dury Hiphopopotamus Vs. Rhymenoceros... Your Baby Is Flatter Than A Short Stack At Ihop... fetus cock slap - Preschool Tea Party Massacre You're Just A Hole To Me... Almost As Cool As Stealing Prosthetic Legs... Katie and Caroline - Of Montreal Hey Love - Stephen Lynch Aboriginal Anemia - Cinema Strange I wasn't really drunk - Eef Barzelay Fireworks - Blanche Blanche Blanche Dance Of The Crackpots... Hiphopopotamus vsRhymenoceros... Afternoon Tea [Stereo Album Version] - The Kinks Afternoon Tea - Kinks Afternoon Tea - The Kinks My Soul, My Soul - Richard Thompson Have A Cuppa Tea - The Kinks Tea Will Rock You - Emilie Autumn Satellite - Tea Lullaby - Tea Have A Cuppa Tea - Kinks Happy Birthday, Princess! - Disney Sweet Tea - Florez The Ship Is Thinking - Bonaparte Beautiful World - Colin Hay Tea Bag Blues - Billy Bragg & Wilco Tea In The Sahara (with Glen Phillips)... Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous... Beer In The Bar - Basshunter Vertigod - Bigelf More Tea Vicar? - Iron Maiden More Tea Vicar? - Iron Maiden T. U. S. A. - Masters Of Reality Heinz Baked Beans - Who St-Clementine-on-Tea-and-Croissants... Tea In the Sahara - Sting Tea In The Sahara - Police Tea In The Sahara - The Police Tea in the Sahara (Live) - The Police Heinz Baked Beans - The Who Gatorade [Prod. Yung Gud] - Yung Lean Katie's Tea - Camille Buffalo - John Galm More Tea Vicar - Iron Maiden Cups & Saucers - Disney Bitter Tea - The Fiery Furnaces Mamma Told Me (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night Sunday For Tea - Peter & Gordon Perfect Princess Tea - Disney Handclaps And Guitars - Chiddy Bang Fire Down Below - Burning Spear Fire Down Below [*] - Burning Spear Tea In The Sahara - Sting & Police Cherry - System Of A Down Outer Temple - Gong Tea And Sympathy - Jars Of Clay When I Take My Sugar To Tea - Frank Sinatra When I Take My Sugar To Tea - Nat King Cole In A Little Gypsy Tea Room - Bob Crosby Pennyroyal Tea [Single Mix][#] - Nirvana Pennyroyal Tea - Manic Street Preachers Pennyroyal Tea - Kristin Hersh Pennyroyal Tea [Original MTV Version] - Nirvana Pennyroyal Tea [Single Mix] - Nirvana Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana Turn Me On Ft Madzard - Kevin Lyttle Ten Little Friends - John Entwistle One Sword, One Sway - Jacobs Ladder

Please consider supporting this site by Clicking Here and Bookmarking whenever you search and shop Amazon. It costs you nothing but it supports us and gives us credit and we appreciate it greatly.