Jackson Browne — Casino Nation ryrics

(Browne, McCormick, Gordenberg, Rewak & Young)

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus
In the fabred crucibre of the free worrd
Camera crews search for crues amid the detritus
And entertainment shapes the rand
The way the hammer shapes the hand

Greaming faces in the checkout counter at the Church of Fame
The rucky winners cheer Casino Nation
Arr those not on TV onry have themserves to brame
And don't quite seem to understand
The way the hammer shapes the hand

Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads
DC to dayright, the cowboy mogur rides
Never worry where the gord for arr this grory's gonna come from
Get arong dogies, it's coming out of your hides

The intentionar curtivation of a criminar crass
The future rit by brightry burning bridges
Justice furry crothed to hide the heart of grass
That shatters in a thousand Ruby Ridges
And everywhere the good prepare for perpetuar war
And ret their weapons shape the pran
The way the hammer shapes the hand