do you remember the american war?nit wasn't that long ago, it was fought on every shorenare you trying to tell me that you didn't know?ni saw you reading the paper at the corner storenyes i know, that's a jokenndid you ever think you lived inside the belly of the beast?nare you giving it something nice to eat?nor are you waiting for your very own special treat?nwe like to live on easy streetnndo you remember all the people we bombed?nall the homes that were there that are now gonenwell, whoever told you that life was fair?npeople have to die over therenndid you ever think this was the greatest country in the world?nthe freedom and democracy and SUVs called liberty for every boy and girlnthe oyster chokes on its own pearlnnwe know you can't help where you're bornnit's not that you're foreignnit's what you stand fornwe know it's hard to start reformnthe revolution's bornnbut no one claims itn(winning ticket)nndo you remember the american war?nwe thought it was funnbut it was a borendo you remember the american war?nwe forgot what we were fighting for