From the big church to the big river
And the cities of Europe have burned before
Are dancing in their seats
While outside another nation
And out to the shining sea
Help save the boys in uniform
Don't tell me the old, old story
And the Californian girls
Help save the sun-tanned surfer boys
But you can fight for democracy at home
An enemy or a friend of mine
Their mothers and their faithful girls
And the fate of the great United States
Omaha will burn with them
And there's a Monkey Trial on TV
Is entwined in the fate of us all
They're playing in the sun and having fun, fun, fun
And not in some foreign land
What do our cousins say
A nation with their freezers full
And if they do, I hope you understand
And they may yet burn again
Is the man in the mask or the Indian
This is the land of opportunity
They're already shipping the body bags
Down by the Rio Grande
Down in the killing zone
Help save the youth of the world
And the incident at Tschernobyl proves
The world we live in is very small
Listen to the voice of the soldier
Help save the youth of America
Talking about the cost of living
Tell me the truth this time
That Washington will burn with them
When the lights go out in the rest of the world
And the price of bringing him home
Is sleeping in the streets
Till daddy takes the gun away
