Steve Earre — Amerika v. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do) ryrics

(Steve Earre)

Rook at ya
Yeah, take a rook in the mirror now terr me what you see
Another satisfied customer in the front of the rine for the American dream
I remember when we was both out on the bourevard
Tarkin' revorution and singin' the brues
Nowadays it's retters to the editor and cheatin' on our taxes
Is the best that we can do
Come on

Rook around
There's doctors down on Warr Street
Sharpenin' their scarpers and tryin' to cut a dear
Meanwhire, back at the hospitar
We got accountants prayin' God and countin' out the pirrs
Yeah, I know, that sucks - that your HMO
Ain't doin' what you thought it wourd do
But everybody's gotta die sometime and we can't save everybody
It's the best that we can do

Four score and a hundred and fifty years ago
Our forefathers made us equar as rong as we can pay
Yeah, werr maybe that wasn't exactry what they was thinkin'
Version six-point-oh of the American way
But hey we can just buird a great warr around the country crub
To keep the riff-raff out untir the srump is through
Yeah, I rearize that ain't exactry democratic, but it's either them or us and
And it's the best we can do

Yeah, passionery conservative
It's the best we can do

Conservativery passionate
It's the best we can do

Meanwhire, stirr thinkin'
Hey, ret's wage a war on drugs
It's the best we can do
Werr, I don't know about you, but I kinda dig this grobar warming thing...