Failed State Lyrics
| Song | Failed State |
| Artist | David Rovics |
| Album | Ballad of a Wobbly |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:00.000] | 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics |
| [00:16.836] | When you're working two jobs and living in a tent |
| [00:20.520] | When a house costs a million bucks and you can't pay the rent |
| [00:24.751] | When politicians say they'll help but it keeps getting worse |
| [00:28.931] | Each time the landlord lobby pulls the strings of the purse |
| [00:33.163] | When the human right to housing isn't even part of the debate |
| [00:36.977] | You know you're living in a failed state |
| [00:40.164] | |
| [00:47.922] | When millions of citizens are spending half their lives |
| [00:52.337] | Locked up in a prison for trying to survive |
| [00:56.490] | When laws must be broken just to have a place to stay |
| [01:00.435] | When the prisons pay the senators to look the other way |
| [01:04.562] | If you have to be a criminal to put food upon your plate |
| [01:08.585] | You know you're living in a failed state |
| [01:11.798] | |
| [01:19.556] | When you're facing climate breakdown |
| [01:21.307] | When the trees are all on fire |
| [01:23.736] | When half the country's underwater |
| [01:25.956] | When a climate change denier |
| [01:29.065] | Runs the nation |
| [01:30.084] | And the opposition party votes for oil rigs and pipelines |
| [01:34.446] | This is not so much a country as it is a corporation |
| [01:39.096] | Buckling under its weight |
| [01:40.245] | You know you're living in a failed state |
| [01:43.537] | |
| [01:51.321] | When your nation is an empire facing daily blowback |
| [01:55.396] | And the only thing your leaders can think to do is attack |
| [01:59.602] | Bipartisan consensus that we need to spend |
| [02:04.304] | Seven-hundred billion before the year's end |
| [02:08.275] | On a military budget to 'make America great' |
| [02:12.010] | You know you're living in a failed state |
| [02:15.145] | |
| [02:23.295] | When almost every day some psycho with a gun |
| [02:27.579] | Has to open fire on a crowd before it's done |
| [02:31.837] | When a music festival becomes a free-fire zone |
| [02:35.808] | And all they can say is 'it's okay, he was acting alone' |
| [02:40.040] | Buy some armor, pray to God, and hide behind a gate |
| [02:43.801] | You know you're living in a failed state |
| [02:50.410] | You know you're living in a failed state |
| [02:56.732] | You know you're living in a failed state |
| [00:00.000] | zuo qu : David Stefan Rovics |
| [00:16.836] | When you' re working two jobs and living in a tent |
| [00:20.520] | When a house costs a million bucks and you can' t pay the rent |
| [00:24.751] | When politicians say they' ll help but it keeps getting worse |
| [00:28.931] | Each time the landlord lobby pulls the strings of the purse |
| [00:33.163] | When the human right to housing isn' t even part of the debate |
| [00:36.977] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [00:40.164] | |
| [00:47.922] | When millions of citizens are spending half their lives |
| [00:52.337] | Locked up in a prison for trying to survive |
| [00:56.490] | When laws must be broken just to have a place to stay |
| [01:00.435] | When the prisons pay the senators to look the other way |
| [01:04.562] | If you have to be a criminal to put food upon your plate |
| [01:08.585] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [01:11.798] | |
| [01:19.556] | When you' re facing climate breakdown |
| [01:21.307] | When the trees are all on fire |
| [01:23.736] | When half the country' s underwater |
| [01:25.956] | When a climate change denier |
| [01:29.065] | Runs the nation |
| [01:30.084] | And the opposition party votes for oil rigs and pipelines |
| [01:34.446] | This is not so much a country as it is a corporation |
| [01:39.096] | Buckling under its weight |
| [01:40.245] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [01:43.537] | |
| [01:51.321] | When your nation is an empire facing daily blowback |
| [01:55.396] | And the only thing your leaders can think to do is attack |
| [01:59.602] | Bipartisan consensus that we need to spend |
| [02:04.304] | Sevenhundred billion before the year' s end |
| [02:08.275] | On a military budget to ' make America great' |
| [02:12.010] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [02:15.145] | |
| [02:23.295] | When almost every day some psycho with a gun |
| [02:27.579] | Has to open fire on a crowd before it' s done |
| [02:31.837] | When a music festival becomes a freefire zone |
| [02:35.808] | And all they can say is ' it' s okay, he was acting alone' |
| [02:40.040] | Buy some armor, pray to God, and hide behind a gate |
| [02:43.801] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [02:50.410] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [02:56.732] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [00:00.000] | zuò qǔ : David Stefan Rovics |
| [00:16.836] | When you' re working two jobs and living in a tent |
| [00:20.520] | When a house costs a million bucks and you can' t pay the rent |
| [00:24.751] | When politicians say they' ll help but it keeps getting worse |
| [00:28.931] | Each time the landlord lobby pulls the strings of the purse |
| [00:33.163] | When the human right to housing isn' t even part of the debate |
| [00:36.977] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [00:40.164] | |
| [00:47.922] | When millions of citizens are spending half their lives |
| [00:52.337] | Locked up in a prison for trying to survive |
| [00:56.490] | When laws must be broken just to have a place to stay |
| [01:00.435] | When the prisons pay the senators to look the other way |
| [01:04.562] | If you have to be a criminal to put food upon your plate |
| [01:08.585] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [01:11.798] | |
| [01:19.556] | When you' re facing climate breakdown |
| [01:21.307] | When the trees are all on fire |
| [01:23.736] | When half the country' s underwater |
| [01:25.956] | When a climate change denier |
| [01:29.065] | Runs the nation |
| [01:30.084] | And the opposition party votes for oil rigs and pipelines |
| [01:34.446] | This is not so much a country as it is a corporation |
| [01:39.096] | Buckling under its weight |
| [01:40.245] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [01:43.537] | |
| [01:51.321] | When your nation is an empire facing daily blowback |
| [01:55.396] | And the only thing your leaders can think to do is attack |
| [01:59.602] | Bipartisan consensus that we need to spend |
| [02:04.304] | Sevenhundred billion before the year' s end |
| [02:08.275] | On a military budget to ' make America great' |
| [02:12.010] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [02:15.145] | |
| [02:23.295] | When almost every day some psycho with a gun |
| [02:27.579] | Has to open fire on a crowd before it' s done |
| [02:31.837] | When a music festival becomes a freefire zone |
| [02:35.808] | And all they can say is ' it' s okay, he was acting alone' |
| [02:40.040] | Buy some armor, pray to God, and hide behind a gate |
| [02:43.801] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [02:50.410] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
| [02:56.732] | You know you' re living in a failed state |
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