I don't have to tell you things are bad
Everybody knows things are bad
Everybody's out of work
Or scared of losing their job
We know the air is unfit to breathe
And our food is unfit to eat
We know things are bad, worse than bad
And all we say is:
Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms
Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials
And I won't say anything
Just leave us alone!
I want you to get mad
All I know is that first
You've got to get mad
You've got to say
I'm a human being, goddammit!
I want you to get mad
You've got to say
I'm a human being, goddammit!
My life has value!