IT’S AS SIMPLE AS FEAR, AS DISTURBING AS HATE, IT’S A FRAGILE AS HUMILITY IT’S THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE TRULY FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING WE SEE RALLY ROUND A CAGE OR ACT YOUR AGE LIKE AGE OLD METHODS WE SCRATCHED FOREVER IN A PRISON WALL WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE CAPABLE OF BUT WE DON’T SEEM TO CARE AT ALL RALLY ROUND A CAGE, AND DON’T MAKE A FUSS RALLY ROUND A CAGE, WHO AM I IF I’M NOT AWARE THAT I’M ONE OF US? IT’S A QUESTION OF TRUST G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, CRINGE AT THE PAPER THEN PLACE THE BLAME ON “THESE DAYS AS IF WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’VE SEEN UNLESS WE VIEW IT ON THE BIG SCREEN UNDERSTAND IT’S NOT GETTING BETTER AND IT’S GROWING OUTSIDE A PRICE PAID IN FULL FOR THE CONSCIENCE THAT LIED ALL THE BILLBOARDS IN THE WORLD CAN’T COVER OUR EYES I DON’T UNDERSTAND DON’T TREAD ON ME G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC BUT WE ACT LIKE WE DIDN’T KNOW, THEN KIDS SHOOT KIDS OR COMMUNITY DEFIES ITS ROLE THEN OF COURSE IT’S EVERYONE’S FAULT EXCEPT ANYONE WE MIGHT KNOW TELL ME ARE THE COLORS OF THE FLAG MUCH PRETTIER TO SEE WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REQUISITE COMFORT OF THE KNEES WE’RE THE LOYAL LITTLE CHORUS STILL SINGING OUT “PLEASE” I CAN’T UNDERSTAND DON’T TREAD ON ME G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE PINK SLIPS, FOUR WHERE “FAMILY VALUES” ARE A VALUE MOST CAN’T AFFORD RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, TO THE NEW HIT SONGS RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, CALLED “HOW CAN WE BE WRONG“ RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE C’MON DO THE GOOSE STEP TO A STATE-SUBSIDIZED SING-ALONG WITH ONE SIDE YANKING A LINE CALLED DAMAGE CONTROL WHILE GROANING CUZ THEY FELT THAT THE NATIONAL RAZOR WENT DULL BUT THE OTHER IS A PLACE I CALL HOME WHERE SOLIDARITY IS SELDOM SHOWN WHERE TAXES PAID IS LIKE GETTING SPADE TO A DOG WITH A THRIFT-STORE BONE THIS ISN’T ME, THIS ISN’T ME, THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, THIS ISN’T ME THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, THIS ISN’T ME THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, IT WILL NEVER BE.