| | Wasteland of the Free Lyrics Artist(Band):Iris Dement
We got preachers dealing in politics and diamond mines and their speech is growing increasingly unkind They say they are Christ's disciples but they don't look like Jesus to me and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free We got politicians running races on corporate cash Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them peoples' ass You may call me old-fashioned but that don't fit my picture of a true democracy and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free We got CEO's making two hundred times the workers' pay but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage and If you don't like it, mister, they'll ship your job to some third-world country 'cross the sea and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free Living in the wasteland of the free where the poor have now become the enemy Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy Living in the wasteland of the free We got little kids with guns fighting inner city wars So what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors and we call ourselves the advanced civilization that sounds like crap to me and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free We got high-school kids running 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess who cannot pass a sixth-grade reading test but if you ask them, they can tell you the name of every crotch on mTV and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free We kill for oil, then we throw a party when we win Some guy refuses to fight, and we call that the sin but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free Living in the wasteland of the free where the poor have now become the enemy Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy Living in the wasteland of the free While we sit gloating in our greatness justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea Living in the wasteland of the free Living in the wasteland of the free Living in the wasteland of the free If you find some error in Wasteland of the Free Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Review about Wasteland of the Free Diggin the Wasteland | Reviewer: Daud the Merchant | 1/19/09 Even more relevant as the years go by. Sorry Dr Happy Pants, but on sentiment and power of singing its up there with Blind Boy Grunt and the rest of them. And as for the lyrics, maybe not poetry, but great songwriting. She's No Bob | Reviewer: Dr HappyPants | 11/16/08 Whoa, there Mister! Hold your horses before gushing about this song. Complex? My oatmeal this morning was more complex! Where's the nuance? Where's the thoughtful contemplation? Where's the poetry? I like Iris Dement just fine, but this song is an overexplicated piece of tripe. Try "It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go" by Nanci Griffith. Much better song on nearly the same subject. Or may I suggest "Don't Tear Down" by Darryl Purpose? Or perhaps "Stones in the Road" by the sublime Mary Chapin Carpenter. Better than Bob Dylan | Reviewer: Bob | 4/19/05 This is the most powerful "political" song since the 1960's. The lyrics are complex and incredibly hard-hitting. I don't agree with all of its politics, but for real, current folk music, Iris DeMent has no equal. Review the song Wasteland of the Free The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Iris Dement" Music | |
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