American Burn

Congregate, don't hesitate
Everybody's making a deal
Compromise, then realize
The end of your life is a steal

Free the man with the gun
Take one more life, then you run

Harmonize and memorize
All the things they taught you in school
Mediate and don't be late
All you've got to live by are rules

Stand up and be shot down, stand on your ground
Lose what you have for a word

Complicate, then re-relate
All you've got to lose is the feel
Synthesize and mesmerize
Beggars do their shows for a meal

Take all you can, it's your turn
It's called the American burn

Congregate, don't hesitate
Everybody's making a deal
Compromise, then realize
The end of your life is a steal

Free the man with the gun
Take one more life, then you run