My Country

I'll line up in order of rank or of stature

if you'll paint me a rainbow to hide my true colors

don't ship me to front lines, don't ask me to bother

to lace up my boots or to wear something leather

don't buy me some clothing to impress all the HRs

don't tell me that it will look good on my CV

don't put me up, clean me up, sell my bad habits

sit me down to relax in front of a TV

'cause I, I will not die for my country

So I'll put up a scarecrow to scare off my neighbors

and to have something for birds to light down upon

'cause in school I learned not to talk to strangers

and that's why I'm scared now to meet anyone

so forget my name like a tied up and knotted string

it's just my way, you know it's how I'm grappling

with hurtling through space in an orbit unending

thinking I matter, yeah I know it's pretending

but I, I will not die for my country

no I, I will not die for my country

So I put up a colored cloth that represents borders

so the angel of death knows not to deport me

my neighbor's the enemy cause he can't afford one

they've slaughtered his family, now they're taking his first born

You can scare me with smart bombs

And scare me with anthrax

And scare me with vague threats of foreign attacks

mandate allegiance and increase income tax

but I, I will not die for my country

no I, I will not die for my country