My hands are tied

The billions shift from side to side

An' the wars go on with brainwashed pride

For the love of God and our human rights

An' all these things are swept aside

By bloody hands, time can't deny

An' are washed away by your genocide

An' history hides the lies of our civil wars

D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man

Who said peace could last forever?

An' in my first memories, they shot Kennedy

I went numb when I learned to see

So I never fell for Vietnam

We got the wall in D.C. to remind us all

That you can't trust freedom when it's not in your hands

When everybody's fightin' for their promised land