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Artist: Michelle Shocked
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Ballad Of The Battle Of The Ballot And The Bullet Part I: Ugly Americans
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Ballad Of The Battle Of The Ballot And The Bullet Part I: Ugly Americans
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I can see it's gonna be a long night
I ain't gonna stop until I get it right
I don't want to sing no jeremiad
I'd really love to say things just ain't that bad
PreChorus
Oh how we love our denial, a comfort to cover up the shame
But the truth is standing on trial and I've got proof that we're all to blame
Chorus
Oh my fellow Americans
Are we reaping our harvest of greed?
Have we built our house on sinking sand?
Why are we being Ugly Americans?
Uh huh huh huh, Uh huh huh huh
Call it the ballad of the battle of the ballot and the bullet
With a bead on the barrel and a hair trigger-pull it
Shoot yourself in the foot when you shut down dissent
Shoot yourself in the head-vote for a war president
Repeat PreChorus
Repeat First Three Lines of Chorus
What are we thinking?
Bridge
So go on and hurl your hateful curses
Or worse, sit silent and condemn
Curl your lip, call me unpatriotic
I'm singing this because I can
I'm singing this because I am your Ugly American
Uh huh huh huh, your Ugly American
Uh huh huh huh, your Ugly American
Uh huh huh huh, your Ugly American
Uh huh huh huh
Bridge
So go on and hurl your hateful curses
Or worse, sit silent and condemn
Curl your lip, call me a traitor
I'm singing this while I still can
I'm singing this because I am your Ugly American
(Uh huh huh huh) Why are we still fighting?
(Uh huh huh huh) A war without end?
(Uh huh huh huh) We all agreed to shut up since when?
(Uh huh huh huh) Heaven help this land
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