Dave Lippman - America Goes to War Lyrics

I went down, took a look around
I went down to the city
I went down, took a look around
What I saw didn't look so pretty
Down the middle run a railroad track
One side white and one side black
One side of town live pretty well
Other side of town look just like hell

Oh I begin to thinking
How did it get this way
Then I begin to wondering
How long it's gonna stay
Time we got to moving
Make it go away

I went down, took a look around
Walked the streets and alleys
Saw a nation up in arms
The marches and the rallies
Down the boulevard come a white mob
Sayin them aliens took my job
Out on the corner were three police
Upholdin the rich man's peace

Oh I begin to thinking
How did it get this way
Then I begin to wondering
How long it's gonna stay
Time we got to moving
Make it go away

Too many people sitting in jail
Cause they didn't have a dollar
Ain't nobody ever gonna go their bail
Makes you wanta scream and holler
Long as the law brings poverty
Ain't nobody ever gonna be free
Every time America's goin to war
Comin closer to my back door

Oh I begin to thinking
How did it get this way
Then I begin to wondering
How long it's gonna stay
Time we got to moving
Make it go away