IF YOU SEE ME HOLD
MY HAND OVER MY
HEART
BEFORE I START
THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
THERE'S A REASON
IT'S TO HONOR THOSE
WHO DIED
AND IF YOU SEE ME
CLOSE MY EYES AND
BOW MY HEAD
BEFORE I BREAK BREAD
WITH MY FAMILY
IT AIN'T A HABIT
IT'S IMPORTANT
AND IT'S MY
RIGHT
I WORK HALF A YEAR
FOR ME THE OTHER
HALF FOR UNCLE SAM
WHILE HE'S BAILING OUT
THOSE SINKING SHIPS
AND DROWNING THE
MIDDLE MAN
I WATCH THE NEWS AND
HAVE TO WONDER
IF THIS COUNTRY'S
GOING CRAZY
TALKIN' 'BOUT HOW
MUCH THEY LOVE IT
HERE
BUT HOW THEY WANNA
REARRANGE IT
I'M JUST YOUR AVERAGE
JOE AND THAT
MAKES ME SMART
ENOUGH TO KNOW
THERE'S A BUNCH OF US
OUT HERE THAT
FEEL THE SAME
GONNA KEEP OUR GOD
OUR FREEDOM
A LITTLE MONEY
IN THE BANK
Y'ALL CAN KEEP
THE CHANGE
NOW THE FAT CATS
ON THE HILL ACTING SO
BRILLIANT
AIN'T SMART ENOUGH
TO NOTICE
THAT WE'RE ANGRY
AND THAT AMERICA'S
IN TROUBLE
AND
IF THEY DON'T WISE
UP AND STOP
BUSTING OUT THE BLOCKS
THAT WERE LAID
AS A FOUNDATION
WELL OUR NATION
COULD WAKE UP IN
A PILE OF RUBBLE
THEY SAY WE'RE MAKING
PROGRESS
BUT IT'S A BIG 'OL SHAME
TO ME
THAT COMMON SENSE
AIN'T NEAR AS
COMMON
AS IT USED TO BE
I WATCH THE NEWS AND
HAVE TO WONDER
IF THIS COUNTRY'S
GOING CRAZY
TALKIN' 'BOUT HOW
MUCH THEY LOVE IT
HERE
BUT HOW THEY WANNA
REARRANGE IT
I'M JUST YOUR AVERAGE
JOE AND THAT
MAKES ME SMART
ENOUGH TO KNOW
THERE'S A BUNCH OF US
OUT HERE THAT
FEEL THE SAME
GONNA KEEP OUR GOD
OUR FREEDOM
A LITTLE MONEY
IN THE BANK
Y'ALL CAN KEEP
THE CHANGE
I'LL BET OUR GRANDPAS
ARE GETTING DIZZY
DOWN THERE IN
THEIR GRAVES
ROLLING OVER
AND OVER
OVER WHAT'S GOING
ON THESE DAYS
I WATCH THE NEWS
AND HAVE TO WONDER
IF THIS COUNTRY'S
GOING CRAZY
TALKIN' 'BOUT HOW
MUCH THEY LOVE IT
HERE
BUT HOW THEY WANNA
REARRANGE IT
I'M JUST YOUR
AVERAGE JOE
AND THAT MAKES ME
SMART ENOUGH TO
KNOW
THERE'S A BUNCH OF US
OUT HERE THAT
FEEL THE SAME
GONNA KEEP OUR GOD
OUR FREEDOM
A LITTLE MONEY
IN THE BANK
Y'ALL CAN KEEP
THE CHANGE
JUST KEEP THE CHANGE
YEAH