In the classrooms and the factories you can feel the gunshots ring
And when the thunder’s over, you can hear the angels sing
As you’re running for your life you can reflect on what you’ve won
This freedom that you have from the barrel of a gun
We’re the self-appointed guardians of what is right and wrong
We beat up third world countries to show them we are strong
In Viet Nam and Afghanistan we left behind a smoking ruin
Trying to impose our will from the barrel of a gun
The gap between the rich and poor grows larger every day
As we cut back on the help we give to those who couldn’t pay
And those that crack beneath the strain of another setting sun
Will go out in a blaze of glory with the barrel of a gun
As we bury all the children the people ask for change
As the politicians argue, they sell more guns every day
As schools look more like prisons, to protect our little ones
From the culture that we built, with the barrel of a gun
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