They took away my garden To make room for a chemical plant I feel my country's arteries harden With the aid of a government grant
We are not a bunch of upstarts Just out looking for a cause Cause we hunger for our justice And not applause We don't just make peace signs and meditate We don't take this thing as a joke We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state And we don't want to go up in smoke
My water has got cancer And the rivers have all dried While I watch my country practice Nuclear suicide
We are not a bunch of upstarts (we are not a bunch of upstarts) Just out looking for a cause (for a cause) We hunger for our justice And not applause (not applause) We don't just make peace signs and meditate We don't take this thing as a joke We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state And we don't want to go up in smoke
Don't think it's impossible To see this thing come clean We're going to save this poor old world's head From the guillotine
We are not a bunch of upstarts (we are not a bunch of upstarts) Just out looking for a cause (for a cause) We hunger for our justice And not applause (not applause) We don't just make peace signs and meditate We don't take this thing as a joke We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state And we don't want to go up in smoke
They took away my garden (my water has got cancer) To make room for a chemical plant (and the rivers have all dried) I feel my country's arteries harden (while I watch my country practice) Nuclear suicide (nuclear suicide) Nuclear suicide
We are not a bunch of upstarts Just out looking for a cause We hunger for our justice And not applause (not applause) We don't just make peace signs and meditate We don't take this thing as a joke We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state And we don't want to go up in smoke
Don't want to see our children (don't want to see our children) Oh go up in smoke Oh we don't want to see our children Yeah
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