1. Annihilation
From dehumanization to arms production,
For the benefit of the nation or its destruction
Power, power, the law of the land,
Those living for death will die by their own hand,
Lifeīs no ordeal if you come to terms,
Reject the system dictating the norms
From dehumanization to arms production,
To hasten the nation towards its destruction
Power, power, the law of the land,
Those living for death will die by their own hand,
Lifeīs no ordeal if you come to terms,
Reject the system dictating the norms
From dehumanization to arms production,
To hasten the nation towards its destruction
Power, power, the law of the land,
Those living for death will die by their own hand,
Lifeīs no ordeal if you come to terms,
Reject the system dictating the norms
From dehumanization to arms production,
To hasten this nation towards its destruction,
Itīs your choice, your choice, your choice, your choice,
Peace or annihilation
2. Imagine
Imagine thereīs no heaven,
Itīs easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people,
Living for today
Imagine thereīs no countries,
It isnīt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
And no religion too
Imagine all the people,
Living life in peace,
You may say Iīm a dreamer,
But Iīm not the only one,
I hope someday youīll join us,
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people,
Sharing all the world,
You may say Iīm a dreamer,
But Iīm not the only one,
I hope someday youīll join us,
And the world will live as one
3. Peace Love and Understanding
As I walk through this wicked world,
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity,
I ask myself, Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain, and hatred, and misery?
And each time I feel like this inside,
Thereīs one thing I wanna know,
Whatīs so funny ībout peace, love, and understanding?,
Whatīs so funny ībout peace, love, and understanding?
And as I walked on through troubled times,
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes,
So where are the strong?,
And who are the trusted?,
And where is the harmony?,
Sweet harmony
īCause each time I feel it slipping away, just makes me wanna cry,
Whatīs so funny ībout peace, love, and understanding?,
Whatīs so funny ībout peace, love, and understanding?
So where are the strong?,
And who are the trusted?,
And where is the harmony?,
Sweet harmony
īCause each time I feel it slipping away, just makes me wanna cry,
Whatīs so funny ībout peace, love, and understanding?,
Whatīs so funny ībout peace, love, and understanding?,
Whatīs so funny ībout peace, love, and understanding?
4. Whatīs Going On
Mother, mother,
Thereīs too many of you crying,
Brother, brother, brother,
Thereīs far too many of you dying,
You know weīve got to find a way,
To bring some loving here today
Father, father,
We donīt need to escalate,
You see, war is not the answer,
For only love can conquer hate,
You know weīve got to find a way,
To bring some loving here today
Picket lines and picket signs,
Donīt punish me with brutality,
Talk to me, so you can see,
Oh, whatīs going on,
Whatīs going on,
Yeah, whatīs going on,
Ah, whatīs going on,
In the mean time,
Right on, baby,
Right on, Right on
Father, father, everybody thinks weīre wrong,
Oh, but who are they to judge us?,
Simply because our hair is long,
Oh, you know weīve got to find a way,
To bring some understanding here today, Oh
Picket lines and picket signs,
Donīt punish me with brutality,
Talk to me,
So you can see,
Whatīs going on,
Yeah, whatīs going on,
Tell me whatīs going on,
Iīll tell you whatīs going on,
Right on baby, Right on baby
5. Passive
"Dead as dead can be," the doctor tells me,
But I just canīt believe him,
Ever the optimistic one, Iīm sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy
So, wake up and face me,
Donīt play dead cause maybe someday I will walk away and say,
"You disappoint me, Maybe youīre better off this way"
Leaning over you here cold and catatonic,
I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been,
Itīs your right and your ability to become my perfect enemy
But maybe youīre better off this way
Go ahead and play dead, I know that you can hear this,
Go ahead and play dead, Why canīt you turn and face me?,
You fucking disappoint me,
Passive aggressive bullshit
6. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
I need some more,
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
Donīt ask what for
Sitting here Iīm a loaded gun,
Waiting to go off,
Iīve got nothing to do,
But shoot my mouth off
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
I need some more,
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
Donīt ask what for
I know the worldīs got problems,
Iīve got problems of my own,
Not the kind that canīt be solved,
With an atom bomb
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
I need some more,
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
Donīt ask what for
You know Iīm gonna go out,
Get something for my head,
If I keep on doing this,
Iīm gonna end up dead
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
I need some more,
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie,
Donīt ask what fo
7. People Are People
People are people,
So why should it be?,
You and I should get along so awfully,
People are people,
So why should it be?,
You and I should get along so awfully
So weīre different colors,
And weīre different creeds,
And different people,
Have different needs,
Itīs obvious you hate me,
Though Iīve done nothing wrong,
Iīve never even met you,
So what could I have done?,
I canīt understand,
What makes a man,
Hate another man,
Help me understand,
People are people,
So why should it be?,
You and I should get along so awfully,
People are people,
So why should it be,
You and I should get along so awfully,
Help me understand,
Help me understand
Now youīre punching,
And youīre kicking,
And youīre shouting at me,
And Iīm relying on your common decency,
So far it hasnīt surfaced,
But Iīm sure it exists,
It just takes a while to travel,
From your head to your fist (head to your fists),
I canīt understand what makes a man,
Hate another man?,
Help me understand,
People are people,
So why should it be,
You and I should get along so awfully,
People are people,
So why should it be,
You and I should get along so awfully
I canīt understand,
What makes a man,
Hate another man?,
Help me understand,
I canīt understand,
What makes a man,
Hate another man?,
Help me understand,
I canīt understand,
What makes a man,
Hate another man?,
I canīt understand (people are people),
What makes a man (why should it be?),
Hate another man?,
Help me understand
8. Freedom of Choice
A victim of collision on the open sea,
Nobody ever said that life was free,
Sank, swam, go down with the ship,
But use your freedom of choice
Ill say it again in the land of the free,
Use your freedom of choice,
Your freedom of choice
In ancient Rome there was a poem,
About a dog who found two bones,
He picked at one,
He licked the other,
He went in circles,
He dropped dead
Freedom of choice,
Is what you got,
Freedom of choice
Then if you got it you dont want it,
Seems to be the rule of thumb,
Dont be tricked by what you see,
You got two ways to go
Ill say it again in the land of the free,
Use your freedom of choice,
Freedom of choice
Freedom of choice,
Is what you got,
Freedom of choice
In ancient Rome,
There was a poem,
About a dog,
Who found two bones,
He picked at one,
He licked the other,
He went in circles,
He dropped dead
Freedom of choice,
Is what you got,
Freedom from choice,
Is what you want
9. Letīs Have a War
Thereīs so many opposites,
So many opposites,
So many, thereīs so many, thereīs so many
Letīs have a war,
So you can go and die,
Letīs have a war,
We could all use the money,
Letīs have a war,
We need the space,
Letīs have a war,
Clean out this place
It already started in the city,
Suburbia will be just as easy
Letīs have a war,
Jack up the Dow Jones,
Letīs have a war,
It can start in New Jersey,
Letīs have a war,
Blame it on the middle-class,
Letīs have a war,
Weīre like rats in a cage
It already started in the city,
Suburbia will be just as easy
Letīs have a war,
Sell the rights to the networks,
Letīs have a war,
Let our wallets get fat like last time,
Letīs have a war,
Give guns to the queers,
Letīs have a war,
The enemyīs within
It already started in the city,
Suburbia will be just as easy
10. Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
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11. When the Levee Breaks
If it keeps on raining, leveeīs going to break,
If it keeps on raining, leveeīs going to break,
And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan,
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan,
Thinking about my baby and my happy home,
If it keeps on raining, leveeīs going to break,
If it keeps on raining, leveeīs going to break,
And all these people have no place to stay
Now look here mama what am I to do?,
Now look here mama what am I to do?,
I ainīt got nobody to tell my troubles to
I works on the levee mama both night and day,
I works on the levee mama both night and day,
I ainīt got nobody, keep the water away
Oh crying wonīt help you, praying wonīt do no good,
Oh crying wonīt help you, praying wonīt do no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose
I works on the levee, mama both night and day,
I works on the levee, mama both night and day,
I works so hard, to keep the water away
I had a woman, she wouldnīt do for me,
I had a woman, she wouldnīt do for me,
Iīm going back to my used to be
Itīs a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan
Itīs a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan
Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home
12. Fiddle and the Drum
And so once again,
My dear Johnny, my dear friend,
And so once again you are fighting us all,
And when I ask you why,
You raise your sticks and cry, and I fall,
Oh, my friend,
How did you come?,
To trade the fiddle for the drum,
You say I have turned,
Like the enemies youīve earned,
But I can remember,
All the good things you are,
And so I ask you please,
Can I help you find the peace and the star?,
Oh, my friend,
What time is this?,
To trade the handshake for the fist
And so once again,
Oh, America my friend,
And so once again,
You are fighting us all,
And when we ask you why,
You raise your sticks and cry and we fall,
Oh, my friend,
How did you come,
To trade the fiddle for the drum
You say we have turned,
Like the enemies youīve earned,
But we can remember,
All the good things you are,
And so we ask you please,
Can we help you find the peace and the star?,
Oh my friend,
We have all come,
To fear the beating of your drum
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