Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do) Songtext

von Steve Earle

Look at ya
Yeah, take a look in the mirror
Now tell me what you see
Another satisfied customer
In front of the line
For the American dream

Look around
There's doctors down on Wall Street
Sharpenin' their scalpels
And tryin' to cut a deal
Meanwhile, back at the hospital,
We got accountants playin' God
And countin' out the pills
Yeah, I know that sucks
That your HMO ain't doin'
What you thought it would do
But everybody's gotta die sometime
And we can't save everybody
That's the best that we can do

Four score and a hundred and fifty years ago
Our forefathers made us equal
As long as we can pay
Yeah, maybe that wasn't exactly
What they was thinkin'
Version six-point-o of the American way
But hey, we can just build a great wall
Around the country club to keep the riff-raff out
Until the slump is through
I realize that's not exactly democratic
But it's either them or us
And it's the best we can do