Monsters Of Folk

Baby Boomer
We gotta stand a little closerTo what it is we're leanin' onWho was it that first said it?Could it be he could be wrongAbout the pilgrims and the nativesHaving dinner on the lawn?I think if I was ever kingI would buy a censorshipWhere the only books upon the shelvesWere the ones that I had writtenOh, and put them up in borders, set my photo down the spineTo tell the story of the livin' without forgettin' those who'd diedAnd I would die a happy man'Cause I did the best that I could doTo find a better way of living,Should we leave that up to you?Who was it that first said it, the one who said it best?You got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones who are still leftAnd we gotta stand a little closerTo the lessons that we've learnedIs it just a premonition?Could we really get ourselves both burned?SongtexteI've been sent here on a mission to find what we agree uponWe don't agree about September,Could we agree on Vietnam?I think if I was ever publisher I'd buy a pirate shipWhere the mission at each position is to shoot and to clickClean the photos up a little, censor the ship out of itSo when we put it up in borders, turn a profit on the tripCharge the public for the overhead of 1492And if they need a better reason tell them we got livin' proofAnd I would die a happy man'Cause I did the best that I could doTo find a better way of leaving,Should we leave that up to youWho was it that first said it?Yeah that's what I'm trying to sayYou got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones that live todayHey, hey Aus Songtexte Mania