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In the howling wind comes a stinging rainSee it driving nailsInto the souls on the tree of painFrom the firefly, a red orange glowSee the face of fearRunning scared in the valley belowBullet the blue skyBullet the blue skyBullet the blueBullet the blueIn the locust wind comes a rattle and humJacob wrestled the angelAnd the angel was overcomeYou plant a demon seedYou raise a flower of fireSee them burning crossesSee the flames higher and higherBullet the blue skyBullet the blue skyBullet the blueBullet the blueThis man comes runnin up to meSongtexteHis face as red as the rose on a thorn bushLike all the colors of a royal flushHe's holdin his hand out to meHe's got his finger in my faceHe's got his finger in my faceI don't quite know what to do, you knowone part of me just wants toJust wants to unload on him, you know?Fuck you man!And the other side of me saysHe just don't understand, man.He just don't understand.He thinks I'm less of a man because I don't fit his ideals?I don't fit his plan?He don't understand.Well I don't know,I guess he's entitled to his opinion, right?He's entitled to his opinion?'Cause after all, isn't this America?I mean Goddamn, isn't this America?Everyone can have their fuckin opinion in AmericaEverybody's got an opinion.(solo)I gotta tell you about this dream I keep having,Every night it's the same dream.Maybe it's because we're on the road,I don't knowI don't sleep so well some nights.You hear that sound?That electric feedback guitar sound?That's the sound I hear every nightas I put my head down on that pillow.Anyway I was gonna tell you aboutthis dream I've been havingEvery night it's the same dream.I dream I'm runnin.I'm runnin through every city street and townacross our countryI'm runnin.And as I run I see faces surrounding meFaces surrounding meI see faces of our young and our elderlyand our sick and our poorand our homelessStaring back at me.And as I run byThey grab on to meThey're grabbin on to my armsand they're grabbin on to my legsAnd my clothes andI'm just runnin, you know?I'm just runnin.And I pull them along...I pull them along...As I run...As I run...And as I run...I just pull them right along.'Cause isn't that what we're supposed to do?'Cause we're Americans, right? Aus Songtexte Mania